> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 2:43 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: SMP/E and why not. > > > > I have basically turned down any product that is not smp/e > maintainable and installable. > > You would miss out on some good products, then. > An example: > ZIP/390 is a small work-alike for PKZIP (which is not > SMP/E-compatible, IIRC) that is installed in one asm/iebcopy job. > You customise one key and load it up (the asm step). > It's downloadable from the net. > You can have it up and running in less than the time that you > would have just to set up the environment under SMP/E. > It also has the same support schedule as PKZIP (M-F, 9-5 PACIFIC). > And, it costs 20% of PKZIP. > The support is awsome, as compared to PKWARE, which hasn't > been all that good since Phil Katz died. > It handles everything that PKZIP/MVS does, except VSAM files. > VSAM file support and PDSE support are optional extras > (priced) from PKWARE, but built in with ZIP/390. > The only thing it doesn't do is update an existing library > with new members. They have to be added all together. > That affected less than 5 of our production jobs out of 2000 ZIP jobs. > There are also a couple of minor issues using the COBOL > callable API, but that only affected one job, in our case. > > It always puts the release and build date out in the SYSOUT. > If you were a PKZIP or ZIP/390 you'd be missing out on a good > product just because you insist on SMP/E support. > ZIP/390 has one senior programmer and one intermediate (I > believe), and they would be hard-pressed to give good support > if they were introducing SMP/E-compatibility to the product. > > NOTE: I am neither an employee, nor a stock-holder. > I am just a very satisfied customer of ZIP/390.
Does ZIP/390 support UNIX files? What about PKZIP? It's not really important since most places should have Java installed and the "jar" command actually produces ZIP output files. But it only support UNIX files, not z/OS datasets. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
