Yes I just starting using the CA service. It’s weird I never had to learn SMP/E per se. I guess you can teach old dawgs new tricks.
Scott On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 9:16 AM John Eells <ee...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > Longabaugh, Robert E wrote: > > CA has offered Internet Service Retrieval (RECEIVE ORDER) since January > 2018. > https://support.ca.com/us/product-content/status/announcement-documents/2018/ca-smp-e-receive-order---maintenance-delivery-made-easy.html > > I believe that at least one other ISV offers RECEIVE ORDER, but do not > want name the wrong one. > > > <snip> > > The other one is Compuware: > > > https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/04/02/1458509/0/en/Compuware-s-New-Automated-Receive-Order-System-Greatly-Simplifies-Ordering-and-Delivery-of-Maintenance.html > > I have heard that at least one other vendor is working on it. > > I personally find it very encouraging that we now have three software > vendors (IBM, CA, Compuware) using the same process for PTF delivery. > It's a step along the road to what I personally hope will become a > platform-wide set of common processes for product and PTF acquisition > and installation within a few years. (If you have not been following > along, you can find my SHARE presentations and others from IBM and other > vendors online.) > > -- > John Eells > IBM Poughkeepsie > ee...@us.ibm.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
