I think a solution lies somewhere in the middle. Of course z/OS will never be as simple to upgrade as Firefox. We are talking an operating system versus an application. But IBM could take some lessons from, ahem, IBM or (gasp) HP. Upgrading either AIX or HP-UX, the upgrade task scans through many of the configuration files and alerts me as to changes between what I have and what the shipped version of the file looks like. Or to take it one step further, compare the shipped versions of the config files between the two levels of OS, then compare the old level of the shipped version with my customized version, and apply the same customizations to the new version. That way I would have a running start at a running system. As it is, right now I'm in the middle of the throes of comparing parmlib, proclib, and the like to see what is new and enhanced and I need to change.
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 7:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Now is time for banks to replace core system according to Accenture On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:04:44 -0800, Guy Gardoit wrote: >What?!? Not sure how'd you define "decent" but I don't see the point of >this statement at all. ServerPac and SMP/E (not to mention HCD) are >excellent products. If you're trying to compare installing and maintaining >IBM mainframe software to say, Windows, please don't make me laugh - wait >until Friday to make nonsense statements like this. > Hardly nonsense. On Win or Mac, when Firefox tells me it needs an update, I click on "Update". A few minutes later, it tells me to restart Firefox to activate the update. I click "Restart Firefox" to warmstart. Two clicks and its done. With ServerPac and SMP/E ... ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
