7 Apr
2013
7 Apr
'13
7:01 a.m.
On 04/06/2013 06:31 PM, MG wrote:
Oh ok, I'm an "IBM zealot" now, because I haven't bought into the
same
trendy crap that you have. I'm not a "mainframer"...never have been.
I'm
*interested* in them, as of fairly recently, when I learned that they hadn't
actually died, and I wanted to know why. After looking at things with an
open mind and learning a bit, something you might consider trying by the way,
I became interested and am learning more.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 6-apr-2013 23:09, Dave McGuire wrote:
I've told you this THREE TIMES. "I don't like trolls", and "I
react poorly
to clueless people spouting off about things that they know nothing about".
I honestly have no idea of why I'm driven to correct that sort of crap, as
people will remain blissfully clueless and blissfully (and safely) tucked
behind their keyboards, with nothing else to do but start flame wars on
mailing lists.
I WILL try to stop "feeding the troll".
You'd be wrong about that. I'm a UNIX
guy. I'm impressed with
IBM'sbig stuff, but that's not the world I work in.
Why do you care then? You get overly emotional for something you're
not even involved with. Did you even read that Register article, or are you so
convinced
of IBM's propaganda?
I don't look at marketing material. ANY marketing material.
You, however, clearly do.
Hilariously, when I search on the 'net for
"mainframe", in the top
results there are denials and negations like "mainframes aren't
dead" and "why the mainframe isn't dead", like also on YouTube and
of IBM itself.
Yes, exactly. Because there are so many clueless people, such as yourself,
and people with vested interests elsewhere, who have been saying "mainframes
are dead" for decades. I started hearing it in the 1980s!
Why would
they? Do you think they have some need for people
likeyourself, who seems to think they're "dead" anyway?
It's just /me/? They should be grateful I've even heard of it
and show /some/ interest. (Which gradually degrades with every
encounter with IBM zealots, like yourself.)