Mark,
I'll be happy to host this one, too.
Please send a copy to me offline and I'll upload it immediatly.
Mark Post wrote:
The book itself is not in the cache at Google, but I and a number of other
people have copies (I know it was one of the more popular downloads).
But, I did come across a pointer this message, dated October 24 2002, on the
IBM-Main listserv:
http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvtype?MVS-OE.33139
It's Mike MacIsaac, the lead author of that book explaining that he's been
ordered not to talk about why the book and the software were removed. Sigh.
Sometimes I really _want_ to be wrong, and this was one of them.
Well, I'll offer to send a copy of the book to anyone that wants one, and
doesn't have it (it's a little under 3MB in size). Maybe Giorgio Bellussi
will host this one too, if enough people think it's worthwhile.
Mark Post
-----Original Message-----
From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
John Summerfield
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 4:51 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Yet Another IBM Conspiracy Theory
On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Mark Post wrote:
Ok, now someone's stolen an entire Redbook, and all the Open Source tools
that came with it (at least as far as _I_ can tell).
Someone sent me an offlist email indicating that the "Open Source Software
for z/OS and OS/390" Redbook has been made to disappear, as well as the
software that it discusses. I checked the FTP server, and there was a
readme.txt file there indicating that all the software had been moved to
IBM's "UNIX Tools & Toys" web page, which was what I recalled had been
done
with it. When I went to that page, though, there was a notice that said
"The Ported Tools section is being serviced and is not available at this
time." Now, just what that means is unclear to me, but taken with the
Redbook being missing, it's rather odd.
Does anyone know how long the Ported Tools section has been down for
"service?" Does anyone know where to find the official copy of the
Redbook?
Is this time to disseminate unofficial copies?
Is it in the Google cache?
--
Cheers
John.
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