________________________________ From: Rick Fochtman <rfocht...@ync.net> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Fri, January 8, 2010 2:14:13 PM Subject: Re: Subject: Re: VTOC Fmt6
------------------------------<snip>------------------------------- ---------------SNIP--------------------------------- > I strongly disagree > Quality of IBM documentation is very good - especially when compared to ISV's > doco. It's obviously not perfect, there better and worse documents - no > doubt. But overall quality is good in my humble opinion. > ----------------------------------<unsnip>-------------------------------- I'm glad you qualified it. "Overall quality" is admittedly good, but there are some gaping holes. Especially in the TCP/IP message area. Rick -----------------SNIP-------------------------------------------------- Rick of course you are quite correct. The newer portions of Z/os like OE and TCP/IP/COBOL are horrendously documented. I like to think IBM will improve (someday) on these components but is they haven't done it in 10 years we should all point out that documentation is terrible. Yes I know the COBOL finally put out a M&C but IBM's denial for so long that it needs one is totally unnatural (at least to me). IIRC it took the combined effort of GUIDE/SHARE to pester IBM into better doc. Maybe its time to renew the request? Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
