On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:16:00 -0700, Duffy Nightingale wrote: >we send our product out using TSO XMIT. Which gives rise to a >question. I saw some techie state that he would not install a >product unless he could use SMP/E. Is this something us developers >should explore or is it a big headache that is not worth it?
IMO, well-implemented SMP/E packaging is preferable to non-SMP/E. However, non-SMP/E packaging is far preferable to poorly implemented SMP/E packaging. Getting it right is difficult and some vendors do a very poor job of it. IMO if a vendor doesn't do their SMP/E packaging correctly, it is better that they not bother. AFAIK, Innovation (FDR, etc.) still ships their products without SMP/E, and their installation is (IMO) one of the best. IIRC, Quickref is another that is not installed with SMP/E. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
