I really like the ability to search every book on the bookshelf for the occurrence of what I'm looking up. I've been known to search the older versions first if the latest versions are only available in PDF (DB2 for z/VM books in particular). Once I narrow down the search, then I'll go to the latest version of the book to find the current information.
IMO, that's one of the things that has made the IBM documentation so much more user-friendly than what is supplied by other vendors. Nora Graves nora.e.gra...@irs.gov Main IRS, Room 6531 (202) 622-6735 Fax (202) 622-3123 SE:W:CAR:MP:D:KS:BRSI -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 12:01 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: BookManager format softcopy In order to reduce expenses, reduce the amount of time it takes to produce softcopy documentation, and eliminate dependencies on soon-to-be-unsupported internal tools (nothing to do with BookManager READ software), we are thinking about eliminating BOOK (.boo) files from z/VM softcopy production. The z/VM Information Center and PDF files would still be produced. Does this create a hardship for anyone? If not, no need to speak up. If yes, details please. If you prefer to respond offline, feel free. Regards, Alan z/VM Development (T - 13 days) IBM Endicott
