Since knowledge is a wonderful thing to gain and experience, to save
time for those who would consider a white paper, maybe ideas should be
floated to this group. Those ideas could be grouped by subject and then
requests for specific white papers could be made.
Time is money and money spent on gaining pertinent knowledge for ones
job should be an great selling point to management.
-----Original Message-----
From: donna garverick [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 1:32 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] HPWorld 2004
--- "F. Alfredo Rego" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Fortunately, I *never* viewed the MPE track from a traditional point
> of view ;-)
>
> So, donna, we are on the same wavelength here.
this is a banner day for me! :-)
> Would "deeply educational" sessions qualify? Let me clarify:
> "training" tends to focus on specific techniques that become
obsolete,
> whereas "education" stresses fundamental concepts that tend to stand
> the test of time.
that's fine....we'll call it 'deeply educational' :-)
> I would be delighted to concentrate on TurboIMAGE topics (and, when
> necessary and appropriate, on the underlying MPE/iX file system).
imo, anything and everything should be covered -- including image.
let me give a 'for instance'....got a image database with jumbo (chunk)
datasets....work is being done on the database that requires the
database to be purged (this step really is ok and not the point of the
story)....because the programmer knows that mpex will happily purge
'priv' files, tells mpex to '%purge mydb@.mygroup'....tries to recreate
the database and it doesn't work....and the programmer panics.
we all know (i trust) what the programmer did wrong in the above
example. what makes it all just that much worse is -- it's a true
story and done by an 'experience mpe programmer'. if this is at all
representative of the 'real world' -- then we all, and not just the
homesteaders, are in real trouble.
in my opinion, there is a fundamental lack of knowledge in much of
what's left of the mpe community. anything that can be done now to
educate folks is absolutely vital.
> Ah... This is a word that appeals to me: "Knowledge".
>
> Chicago's HP World 2004 is starting to look attractive to me, as a
> potential presenter, thanks to donna's comments.
thanks :-) - d
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Donna Garverick Sr. System Programmer
dgarverick -at- longs -dot- com
925-210-6631 Longs Drug Stores
Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are.
"Ulysses", A. Tennyson
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