> On Mar 3, 2017, at 7:35 PM, Clark Morris <cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > [Default] On 3 Jan 2017 10:30:51 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main > jesse1.robin...@sce.com (Jesse 1 Robinson) wrote: > >> SHARE has been discussing online availability with IBM face-to-face for >> years, long before 'KC' debuted. IBM has repeatedly said that they get it, >> yet problems persist. >> >> One novel suggestion we made was to shift unavoidable IBM outages away from >> weekends, when the vast majority of mainframe shops perform their own >> maintenance activities. Our argument was that we most need online access >> when we encounter a new problem on a Sunday at oh-dark-thirty. Again, that >> argument seemed to resonate, yet problems persist. >> >> I don't know the status of any existing requirement(s) at the moment, but >> I'm sure that IBM has never actually told us to pound sand. Yet problems >> persist. >> > If the cost for getting to a shareholder meeting weren't so great, I > would be tempted to go and harass both IBM and Microsoft for their > respective faults in handling software updates and fix information > availability. Microsoft seems to understand implement 24/365.24 while > IBM understands no forced install and reboots. > > Clark Morris >> .
Clark: Don’t waste your time and money going to stockholder meetings. You will not get a chance to speak publicly or in private to anyone. The meetings are IMO a facade. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
