On Wednesday, 09/02/2009 at 04:07 EDT, David Boyes <dbo...@sinenomine.net> wrote:
> This is one of the tools I?d really like to VMSES-package, at least until the > day we can convince the IBM lawyers that having a ?contributed tools? minidisk > would be a Good Thing. If we could package some of the critical user tools in > a SES-installable envelope form, that would be really really good stuff. > > Could IBM be convinced to reserve a set of ?product numbers? that would never > be used by a commercial product? And what other tools would most of us consider > critical? If we agreed to pay travel and food, would one of you IBM packaging > wizards give a seminar on how to create a installable envelope at the next > Hillgang? I don't think the packaging format is an issue. If people are *permitted* to run shareware on their z/VM systems, they do. For those that can, far simpler is to put a bunch of Good Things on a single minidisk. Then use VMFPLCD to create an envelope containing the content. Post the envelope somewhere and the instructions for restoring it. That's about as easy as it's going to get, I think. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
