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Discussion on: The surprising longevity of mainframes

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landsnark.

only problem with this IS getting access to training AND systems to develop the skills. its easier to get cloud skills as there are free levels of access for that on amazon. ive yet to see similar for mainframe.

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Aneesh Katla
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landsnark.

thanks, but i dont qualify as im not a student. trust me, ive looked all over.

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Adam Brandizzi

Yes, that's a problem. I mean, it is trivial to get started with open source tools and cloud platforms, while mainframes lack public documentation and provides no affordable access channel. That's a pity: I would like to know a bit more about them, at least to prepare to integrate our product better.

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landsnark.

oh, they DOCUMENTED out the wazoo! its getting access to the environments and/or affordable (by humans) training.

IBM had a bootcamp package, but its been gutted and i could not get it to work.