Martha McConaghy wrote:
Wow......I don't really know how this discussion got so far off-base.
For several years now, there has been a lot of discussion in the z/VM
community about the need to have a place to collect the "wisdom of the
elders", i.e. the knowledge and experience of those of us who have been
doing this a long time and which can be of help to the new folks who keep
showing up asking for help. A wiki seemed like a useful place to try and do
that. (Dave even tried to get something like this going a few years ago.)
Mark Post is simply trying to get that movement going again and I appreciate
his efforts.
Since Linux continues to be the "hot thing" that companies are putting on
z/VM, it makes sense to include information on it in the wiki too. Absolutely
no one has suggested getting rid of this list or supplanting it with the wiki.
There is certainly no reason the two cannot coexist nicely.
Whether or not you are willing to trust the information provided on the wiki
is totally up to each individual. Just because some wiki's are full of crap
isn't really a good reason not to try this one. If there are problems with
the way the wiki is managed, we'll deal with it. We are simply trying to fill
a need that, so far, no one has successfully addressed.
Martha McConaghy (SHARE Linux and VM Program Manager)
Strategic Planner/Project Manager
Marist College
There are many questions that get posted here over and over again. We
need the Wiki to have the answers to those questions. to keep them off
this list. The 100th time that someone has to answer "how do I add a new
disk to Linux?" doesn't improve this list. Lets use the list for new
questions /problems and put the old ones on the Wiki. Use them bot for
what they were designed for.
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