My only problem with z/OSMF is that I am forced to use it without IBM caring what my preference or opinion is. I understand their desire for a GUI "OPTION", but cannot understand why they want to force a single way of installing an OS when I've (and most of us) have used the previous SERVERPAC install for many years. What's wrong with keeping an OPTION? It works (or worked) great. When I started my IT career, I had the choice to go into the GUI world or the mainframe world. I initially chose the mainframe path because I liked the look and feel of it better than the GUI path. I personally don't want my mainframe to become a giant PC. That's my rant.
Randy Harris P 615-344-3244 C 662-401-8552 james.harr...@hcahealthcare.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Steve Beaver Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2024 8:05 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: {EXTERNAL} Re: another z/OSMF rant. -- Catch-22 is killing me CAUTION! This email originated from outside of our organization. DO NOT CLICK links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. The folks that wrote and are responsible for zOSMF is IBM China Labs Sent from my iPhone No one said I could type with one thumb > On Jul 11, 2024, at 06:44, Doug Fuerst <d...@bkassociates.net> wrote: > > Back when I was an FE, we used to discuss the fact that some components were > so difficult to replace that the designers probably never had to actually > replace them. We always thought that the designers should have to replace > every part we had to replace in the field before the design was signed off > on. Never happened though... > > Doug Fuerst > > ------ Original Message ------ > From "Brian Westerman" <brian_wester...@syzygyinc.com> To > IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date 7/11/2024 0:32:21 AM Subject Re: another > z/OSMF rant. -- Catch-22 is killing me > >> It just occurred to me that maybe the people who build z/OSMF never really >> had to use it to build a production system. Building something that IPLs is >> simple. building a production replacement takes some doing and having >> someone that might not really "get" the entire process can really make the >> process quite hard. >> >> Just a thought. >> >> Brian >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO >> IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN