Re: How to find out the main memory capacity -- MIDRANGE-L

Joe,

you say some of the people on this list are in danger of losing their
jobs...
in fact some of the people on this list, myself included, and most of my
very well qualified and experienced ex-colleagues here in the UK, have lost
their jobs! Some are stacking supermarket shelves etc. That's why I, like
Jamie, am now selling software!

thanks,

Clare

Clare Holtham
Director, Small Blue Ltd - Archiving for BPCS
Web: www.smallblue.co.uk
IBM Certified AS/400 Systems Professional
E-Mail: Clare.Holtham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 3:11 PM
Subject: RE: How to find out the main memory capacity


> > From: Smith, Dave
> >
> > Get off your high horse folks.  "These guys" have just as much right
> to
> > post to this service as you do.  They are doing nothing illegal and
> are
> > trying to make a living like you and I.  You may not agree with what
> our
> > government has done allowing the 'offsourcing guys' to take our jobs
> but
> > why not focus your energy on our government to right the wrongs
> instead of
> > belittling the people who post valid questions to this site.
>
> My personal feeling notwithstanding, I think it's a strong statement
> about how badly this outsourcing issue is affecting us as a community
> when many of us now use a "is this training my replacement" filter to
> answer newbie questions for fear we are contributing to our own
> unemployment.
>
> It is sad that this happens in this forum, traditionally a shining light
> of equality and opportunity (even if that occasionally meant the
> opportunity to be pummeled equally by all <grin>).  Sad, and an
> indication of how truly abandoned by the corporations we all feel.
>
> I submit we're still a lot more open than other industries.  Try to find
> a mailing list on bioengineering.  Or perfume design.  Or microchip
> fabrication.  Chances are that nobody is sharing information in those
> fields.  It is forums like this and the Open Source movement that have
> brought so many of us together and given so many around the world such
> wonderful opportunities and are ironically now the first to suffer when
> those opportunities are turned against us.
>
> Anywho, this can get religious real quick, so I'll step out after this.
> Dave, I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just asking that you keep a
> relatively open mind.  It's not a Pollyanna world anymore, and some of
> the people on this list are in real danger of losing their jobs, quite
> possibly to people who may have used these lists for basic education.
>
> Joe
>
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