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Date:	Mon, 25 Apr 2005 21:06:32 PDT7
From:	Colin Campbell <cmcampb@adelphia.net >
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jzlists wrote:
> (snip)
> I have two other answers with one question:
> VM Systems Programmer Quiz:
> Answer: Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, and MVS
> Alternate answer: Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, and Windows Me
>
> Same question: Name two movie stars and a dog?
> TIA
>
> Jerry Garren

Jerry,
Good jokes are always appreciated.

However, I would take exception to calling MVS a "dog", unless you are
comparing it to later versions of IBM's top mainframe operating system,
which were renamed to OS/390 and z/OS. IBM has continued to enhance the
operating system regularly.

The world's largest companies have used MVT, MVS, OS/390 and z/OS to
manage their data for over four decades. I've read that something like
78% of all data that is kept on computers still is maintained on the IBM
mainframe hardware and software. If the OS were really a "dog", would
this be the case?

Of course, I could be biased, since I spent 36 years programming on this
hardware / software.
Colin

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