To Brians remark about the quality of installation deliverables We had missing component or two in our z/OS 2.4 order from July, before 2.5 hit the streets. It is hard enough to get z/OS up and running without glitches and 'do it our way, or else' directives.
I dread z/OSMF as an installer. I am old enough to remember CA-AGGRAVATOR (i know, wrong name ) and have recently been frustrated by the Linux worlds assumption that we are all born with a native understanding of rpm and packages. zCX looks to make life even more challenging. There are challenges that are useful to me because I can leverage them to my own benefit (like pervasive encryption to head off auditors). But the z/OSMF challenges are not making my days easier. Pretty GUIs may impress gamers and senior exec, but sooner or later someone has to make the underlying software actually work (even if just a command line) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
