[GTALUG] IBM Mainframe and z/OS

[James Knott]

On 12/03/2017 10:33 PM, R360 Design INC via talk wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Does anyone know how I could gain hands-on experience on an IBM
> mainframe? This is a career path Id like to pursue - i.e. Websphere
> zOS consultant or CICS. I am currently a UoT student and was wondering
> how people  gain experience
>

Well, IBM systems run SUSE, if I'm not mistaken.  You could start there
for the software side.  IIRC, IBM mainframes these days are simply
massively multi-CPU., running Linux.  I have a cousin, a nuclear
physicist, who works with the big systems and I get the impression from
him that it's largely the same as running a personal computer.  I have
no idea about Websphere zOS or CICS though.  What does UoT have for big
iron?  I recall when I was at Ryerson, back in the '80s, they had an IBM
mainframe.