the big rat ® itc 1968. system 90 aka joe 90 (iain and jamie having fun) ® itc 1968
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The Big Rat ® ITC 1968
System 90 AKA Joe 90
(Iain and Jamie having fun)® ITC 1968
Farewell to Roger
Possibly the Life and Times of Grizzly Adams or the Legend of Grizzly Adams ® 1977
But maybe the Life and Times of Roger Mack or the Legend of Roger Mack
Listen mate don’t Sh!tIn my forest
Listen mate don’t Sh!tIn my forest
In the BeginningCame to Glasgow as a student in 1965
Graduated B.Sc (Hons) Chemistry - 1969Graduated Ph.D - 1973
Post Doctoral studies in Cell Biology - 1973Joined CS as Programmer –1974
User services – operating systems• Univac EXEC 8, IBM OS360, KDF9 (EGTRAN), ICL
GEORGE 3 /4 and EMAS
Basically Roger has been at Glasgow man and boy since 1965
In the Beginning
Mainframes were KingSystems Support (SS) were the eliteApplications support annoyed Systems by playing with their toysNetwork support were OK! Since they generally stopped users accessing The Mainframes anywayUsers – Well they were users
In the Beginning
Roger – key member of the SS from 1977Other members
Colin Strain Colin SledgeJohn McDonaldPats-Brother-John Pat Moran - Der Führer
SS (ICL) Hardware/Software EngineersDom, Gerry, Sam, Jim et al –
And Then
Roger the new SS-Der Führer - from 1982Promoted to Division head in 1984Roger (Smiley) Mackenzie Spycatcher - 1988Should have joined CS Directorate - 1990Demise of the Mainframes – from 1993
Big void for the SS – many had left or were leavingNLM Bob says ‘Sunny go and play with Bill’And so he did! Enjoying peaceful days, friendships with Brian and Aileen and learning new languages; German, Spanish and of course MS speak – TCO, ROI and the like
How they were!
How they were!
How they were!
Aucun vous devez raser d'abord
Aucun vous devez raser d'abord
How they were!
And Now!
Microsoft’s importanceDesk TopCertain Back office apps
Ready made MS expertIdeally positioned for MS Domain, Server, AD and Exchange support
Back to a central role and key member of CS SDG/TIG
Just RogerRecognize Maker/Greek CornmaizeLikes WineTinkering with all things electrical/mechanicalPresenceCommands respect – even from hackersCalmness Pragmatic
What We Will Miss
The other CSKnowledge and Expertise Wise council - PragmatismCommitmentHis phone ringing a 100 times a day???
And So ‘Roger and Out‘– Well maybe
Best wishes from allMany many years of health & happinessPrivilege to knowThanks for deciding to spend so much of your career with CS