<snip> I tried to say: IBM should try for what they claim for z/OS' uptime. Let z/OS be their goal. Kees. </snip>
Exactly what I have been saying for about the last 5 years or so. The brain-dead weenies in charge just don't seem to get this. Before Tim Sipples jumps in and says this is not possible, I understand IBM has no control over the "internet". However, they do have control over KC, SR,..... At least the back end should match the reliability/availability claimed for the platform being supported. Or, put another way. The service should be available, even if external factors prevent accessing the service. In the case of z/OS Parallel Sysplex, it is "5 nines" 99.99999% This equates to about 3 seconds of non-availability per year. Tools/techniques exist in the *nix world to provide this availability (or at least something much better that we currently receiving). It is a matter of "IBM's will" to implement or not. I do not know if similar capabilities exist in Windoze, but I certainly hope IBM is avoiding that platform for this purpose. An then there is the data quality. Links that worked yesterday are broken today. Maybe IBM should do some peer review before changing URLs to meet someone's "convention of the day". ::DISCLAIMER:: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain viruses in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of authorized representative of HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and other defects. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
