> On Sep 24, 2017, at 11:39 PM, Paul Gilmartin > <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Sun, 24 Sep 2017 23:27:40 -0500, Brian Westerman wrote: > >> Would that there were some sort of standard. :) >> ... >> If your Systems Programmer wants to use SYS3, then that's great, although >> it's not really going to help to have a SYS3.LINKLIB if you can't tell who's >> linklib it is. But maybe he uses SYS3.vendor.library.name, in which case >> it's not much better than any other alternative. >> > Vendors ought to suggest installation paths for their software products. > SYS3.vendor.** seems like a good idea. Or incorporating the vendors' > registered element prefix. > > Shops ought to follow those vendor suggestions: > o It allows trying samples in the vendor documents with less tailoring > of DD statements. > o It makes programmer skill sets more portable. (But management > might consider that a bad idea.) > > -- gil
Gil, I am very bitter about some OEM products. I have been burned so many times by following their suggestions, that I just take their suggestion and improve upon it. I always make notes or have another sysprog in the install process next to me so they know what is going on at all times. I have gotten to the point if I know something (bad) about the product and the user wants it and I hate it. I make sure it doesn’t get bought. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
