Jeff Moden (7/2/2011)
None of these restrictions or limitations are new to us old farts. 😀 The only real difference that I can see between the Cloud and an old IBM Mainframe is that you couldn't get to the Mainframe over the internet (there was no internet back then), you don't know who's actually in charge of security or how good it is with the Cloud, and you can't put your hands on the neck of the SOG that lost your data with the Cloud. 😀It's amazing how far we've come right back to the beginning. :hehe:
Are there any really good references on how to select a mainframe timeshare provider from back in the day, and how to move between mainframe providers after you have a problem? I suspect they are quite relevant, even without the global search and replace operations required to update the jargon.