Yep, we did it. Pros: none, other than management fantasy of lower salaried people replacing higher salaried people. Cons: Murphy's Law in every imagineable form. Children should not use power tools, only experienced adults. You will not have to wait for the "long run" for this to haunt you.
tb -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laura Prill Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 11:27 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: SMP/E for non-sysprogs? Hello, Has anybody worked in a shop where people other than systems programmers use SMP/E to maintain third-party products? We currently have a discussion going on in our shop about transferring PTF maintenance duties for one third-party product to an administrative group that happens to include one former sysprog with SMP/E experience. Because the others in the group do not have systems backgrounds, I am concerned that this decision could come back to haunt us in the long run, and that it also may open Pandora's box for other third-party products where the administrators are definitely non-technical. However, I do not want to stand in the way of a good idea by overreacting, if my concerns have no basis. If anyone has experienced this situation and could tell me the pros and/or cons from your experience, I would love to hear them. Thanks! Laura Prill ------------------------------------------------------- --------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
