Re: CP's Parm Disks

2010-03-07 Thread Schuh, Richard
The real problem is that the third-party vendors do not all comply with the standard. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 5:12 PM To:

Re: CP's Parm Disks

2010-03-07 Thread David Boyes
The real problem is that the third-party vendors do not all comply with the standard. I'll second that. If this is the future strategy, then one of the things that needs to happen ASAP is that IBM needs to aggressively provide education to vendors and users alike on how to package stuff

Re: IBM Plans to Discontinue REDBOOK Series

2010-03-07 Thread Phil Smith III
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca wrote: Timothy Sipples recently posted that it was incorrect. He is the first IBM'r to say something about these 'plans'. Until I hear it from an official IBM source, it is a rumour. Or a rumor, in the US :-) Count me firmly in the

Re: IBM Plans to Discontinue REDBOOK Series

2010-03-07 Thread Alan Altmark
On Sunday, 03/07/2010 at 12:00 EST, Phil Smith III li...@akphs.com wrote: But since both Timothy (on IBM-MAIN) and Alan (on IBMVM) have stated that there is no official statement of direction, then the good news is that it's not even a rumor at this point -- it's fiction. What we need to

Re: CP's Parm Disks

2010-03-07 Thread Alan Altmark
On Sunday, 03/07/2010 at 10:54 EST, Schuh, Richard rsc...@visa.com wrote: The real problem is that the third-party vendors do not all comply with the standard. You've had 25 years to apply pressure and they've had 25 years to respond. How much longer should we wait? (I know of one vendor