IBM Mainframe Forum

by **Atif** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:21 am

I wanted to know why people call their mainframes as shops .I have seem many refer like "my shop does not have this utility" etc etc

by **NicC** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:50 pm

A shop is a place of work - be it a restaurant, a retail outlet, a workshop etc. We do not refer to the mainframe as the shop but the place of work.

by **dick scherrer** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:21 am

Hello,

We do not refer to the mainframe as the shop but the place of work.

Not true for everyone/everyplace. . .

More than half of the places i've supported (way over 100) call their IT "place of work" their shop. If there are multiple sets of workers (say segregated by type of work) there are multiple IT "shops" within the organization..

by **NicC** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:16 am

Yes, but it is still the building/whatever that is the shop - not the mainframe as suggested in the question.

by **Atif** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:49 am

thank you for your answers very helpful

by **dick scherrer** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:55 am

Hello,

not the mainframe as suggested in the question

Perceptions vary. . .

You chose "the machine" - i read "the organization".

thank you for your answers very helpful

You're welcome - good luck.

d

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