Well - I'm a staunch IBM employee myself, though I try to remain neutral in this forum. My influence is limited, so not a great loss ;-)
I think even Chuckie will agree that providing a SAMPEXEC without the source is a misnomer and a packaging issue at the least.. I'm still hoping this was simply a mistake and the source can actually be provided. I'm not sure what avenue you took to request the source - but maybe it's simply a misunderstanding. If not - then at least provide a rational reason why we shouldn't understand how this utility works (or even legalese if rational thought has been excluded). I'm with ya, Raymond ;-) Scott On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Raymond Noal <raymond.n...@hds.com> wrote: > Hi Scott, > > > > Yes, I agree. This goes against years of IBM tradition and history of IBM > employees sharing sample code with the user community to highlight a new > function/feature of an operating system or application. I look at Kris > Buelens (and others) who have graciously shared code they developed for > the use and benefit of all concerned. We all own them a debt of gratitude. > > > > As to Chuckie – while although he does dance to a different drummer, he is > still a staunch IBM employee. So, if the mandate is not to distribute the > source code I sincerely doubt he will go against company policy. > > > > *HITACHI* > * **DATA SYSTEMS* > > *Raymond E. Noal* > *Senior Technical Engineer* > *Office: (408) 970 - 7978* > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Scott Rohling > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:15 PM > *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > *Subject:* Re: SCSIDISC SAMPEXEC on z/VM 5.4.0 > > > > That does seem odd.. I would think it would be supplied named as EXEC in > that case.. I agree it implies a 'sample' when named SAMPEXEC .. which > is only useful when the 'sample' is human readable so you can see what a > good sample looks like ;-) > > Inconsistent to say the least, but I'm not aware of the reasons (if any) > behind not releasing the source. Maybe Chuckie knows.. ? > > Scott > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Raymond Noal <raymond.n...@hds.com> > wrote: > > Dear List Members: > > Just to save you some time and grief, I’m passing this along. > > We have just started using FCP devices for our Linux (SuSE & Red Hat) > virtual machines running under our z/VM 5.4.0 system. In order to verify our > hardware configuration and our switch configurations, I was able to use the > SCSIDISC SAMPEXEC program found on MAINT’s 2CC mini disk. To my surprise, > the SCSIDISC SAMPEXEC is not REXX source code, but instead it is compiled > REXX. I requested a copy of the REXX source for SCSIDISC, but IBM will not > release the source code. A dark day in VM-land, for sure. > > As I said, just an FYI. > > *HITACHI* > * **DATA SYSTEMS* > > *Raymond E. Noal* > *Senior Technical Engineer* > *Office: (408) 970 - 7978* > > >
