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- From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
- Subject: Re: net.views - mainframe programmers in an open systems world
- Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 03:22:44 GMT
- Message-ID: <BxBtDx.3q9@NeoSoft.com>
- References: <1992Nov03.145701.22033@utoday.com>
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- In article <1992Nov03.145701.22033@utoday.com> wagner@utoday.com (Mitch Wagner) writes:
- > Is it possible to put the skills of mainframe programmers
- > to use in open environments? If so, how?
-
- That seems like a pretty pointless question. Here's another one: "Is it
- possible to put the skills of mainstream journalists to use in open
- environments? If so, how?
-
- As an aside, I'd like to add that the phrase "Open Systems" makes me think
- of sucking chest wounds. Call a spade a spade, or even a goddamn shovel. The
- important part is common interfaces, which pretty much means TCP/IP and the
- subset common base UNIX API.
- --
- Peter da Silva. <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
- `-_-' "Meg÷lelted mßr ma a farkasodat ?"
- 'U` "Zure otsoa besarkatu al duzu gaur?"
- Das kann nicht mein Zimmer sein, denn ich atme kein Ammoniak.
-