Hey, welcome back to the show, thanks for joining us! In Episode 5: The Mainframe Strikes Back, we tricked Bruce Armstrong into joining us for an episode. Bruce is an IBM veteran, Offering Manager, and serves on the leadership of the Open Mainframe Project’s Zowe™ Project. Bruce lived up to all the hype; he’s a wealth of knowledge when it comes to Zowe™, the mainframe in general, and the Open Mainframe Project. Here are some of the topics we covered: Zowe™ – what is it and how it was framed The Open Mainframe Project Zowe™ as the infrastructure’s plumbing VS Code and Eclipse Ché making use of Zowe™ services Wrapping the Zowe™ framework in restful APIs and how that contributes to opening up the mainframe Use cases for Zowe™ The cultural shift in the mainframe community How old dogs can teach young pups new tricks Making the mainframe less remarkable Care to learn how you too can join the Zowe™ revolution? Bruce recommends the following resources: The Open Mainframe Project What is Zowe™? Git Hub Zowe™ zTrial Getting started with Zowe™ Tutorial Getting started with Zowe™ WebUi Zowe™ Badge Zowe™ on Slack Transcript of this episode available here.