Gadi, I raised this issue over five years ago. I do not remember the exact reason they gave me, but I do remember thinking it was a wee bit lame.
However, consider the process. They notify us weeks in advance that we need to download a new version of the tool. The new version is available from the internet, it has the object changes *and* sample NO89 entries embedded within it. That last part is just as important as the object portion as they provide the correct product IDs for us to use when running the report. I don't know about you, but as often as this product changes, it would make it a SMP/E nightmare for delivery unless everyone is already using internet delivery, which I am positive *everyone* is not. Finally, submitting SCRT is elective. Granted, you won't like your software bill if you don't submit the reports, but they make the rules. By playing the game, you agreed to use their bats, balls and playing field (to use a baseball analogy). I wish I could be more encouraging, but as I said, I raised this point a long time ago and have seen no movement on changing the process since then. Bob -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of gad...@malam.com Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SCRT Delivery Hi, Today I received notification of a new version of SCRT. It would be a lot simpler (at least for me) if SCRT was distributed as a load module. Having the object embedded in JCL is a point a failure. It’s just too easy to make changes by mistake. I would really like SCRT to be distributed as part of the operating system and be updated by PTF. I sent this message to s...@us.ibm.com<mailto:s...@us.ibm.com>, but I want to get the message out through this list as well. Gadi ________________________________ לשימת לבך, בהתאם לנהלי החברה וזכויות החתימה בה, כל הצעה, התחייבות או מצג מטעם החברה, מחייבים מסמך נפרד וחתום על ידי מורשי החתימה של החברה, הנושא את לוגו החברה או שמה המודפס ובצירוף חותמת החברה. בהעדר מסמך כאמור (לרבות מסמך סרוק) המצורף להודעת דואר אלקטרוני זאת, אין לראות באמור בהודעה אלא משום טיוטה לדיון, ואין להסתמך עליה לביצוע פעולה עסקית או משפטית כלשהי. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
