[Info-vax] CentOS has been effectively killed for production use

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/16/20 9:51 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/16/2020 6:34 AM, IanD wrote:
>> On Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 11:41:39 AM UTC+11, David Wade wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>
>>> IBM mainframes are big. If you need one to run zOS (formerly MVS) or zVM
>>> (formerly VM/ESA, VM/XA etc) then they sell you a box that is over
>>> sized, but even so you only get to use part of it. You pay with the soul
>>> of your first born, or some other outrageous fee, but IBM know that you
>>> have a pile of CICS code written in Assembler or Cobol and no one who
>>> understands the business logic so you are pretty much stuck with a
>>> mainframe.
>>>
>>> You are probably using it to run a big bank, airline reservation system
>>> or Air Traffic control. Moving from these hits into those risk analysis
>>> holes you mentioned before.
>>>
>>> However now you have the big animal IBM will let you use the spare
>>> capacity to run Linux. They charge much less for this capacity. Its
>>> called "Integrated Facility for Linux"
>>>
>>
>> Where I work they recently performed a mainframe upgrade because they 
>> have a number of projects now targeting the mainframe, one of the 
>> drivers being reducing the security venerability footprint and others 
>> from i/o requirements as data volumes explode
>>
>> There is currently an industry shortage as federal institutions snap 
>> up personal with their deep pockets and Boomers retire
>>
>> They are even embarking upon mainframe training programs, such is the 
>> renewed focus on the mainframe for the areas where it excels. It's 
>> certainly not being treated as a dinosaur
>>
> 
> As a general concept, if one needs some capability, training is an 
> option.  Also an option when VMS capable people are needed.
> 

Nice thought.  Sadly IBM Mainframe Operations, Development and Use
is still being taught in Universities. The same can not be said
for VMS.  And it's not because some of us weren't fighting for
it to remain.

bill