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Why do they all it a "shop"

PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:21 am
by Atif
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

Re: Why do they all it a "shop"

PostPosted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:50 pm
by NicC
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.

Re: Why do they all it a "shop"

PostPosted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:21 am
by dick scherrer
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..

Re: Why do they all it a "shop"

PostPosted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:16 am
by NicC
Yes, but it is still the building/whatever that is the shop - not the mainframe as suggested in the question.

Re: Why do they all it a "shop"

PostPosted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:49 am
by Atif
thank you for your answers very helpful

Re: Why do they all it a "shop"

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