Re: Simplest Way to run SQL in a CL?

[vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx]

DEC had FSE's - also known as FCE's, if you believe the following---
field circus n. 
[a derogatory pun on `field service'] The field service organization of any hardware manufacturer, but originally DEC. There is an entire genre of jokes about field circus engineers: 
Q: How can you recognize a field circus engineer
   with a flat tire?
A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat.

Q: How can you recognize a field circus engineer
   who is out of gas?
A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat.

Q: How can you tell it's your field circus engineer?
A: The spare is flat, too.

OK - I'm ducking now!

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From: Nick_Radich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

> Hey, I resemble that remark. :-) 
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> A Systems Engineer. 
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> And there were FE's too - Field Engineers...but only old people remember 
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> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Colin Williams 
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> > So what was an "SE"? 
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> > On 21/04/2008, Paul Nelson wrote: 
> > > +1 
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> > > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pat Barber 
> > > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 8:58 AM 
> > > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion 
> > > Subject: Re: Simplest Way to run SQL in a CL? 
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> > > Many on this list are not aware of or have never heard of an "SE". 
> > > This was/is one of IBM's larger blunders. 
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> > > I recall a weekly or monthly call/visit from my SE when 
> > > I was a customer. 
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> > > (1) How are you doing ? 
> > > (2) What are you doing ? 
> > > (3) What would you like to do ? 
> > > (4) Can we help ? 
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> > > Jon Paris wrote: 
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> > > > While I agree that IBM have a tendency to do this (they apparently 
> > > > haven't noticed that they got rid of all the SEs who used to spread 
> > > > this knowledge) there was quite a lot of fuss about Rexx when it was 
> > > > first launched.