On Saturday, 03/06/2010 at 01:01 EST, "esst...@juno.com" <esst...@juno.com> wrote: > IBM REDBOOKS have been a wealth of information for Years. > I have always directed new bees to the ABCs of MVS (all 12 Volumes). > > Without naming names I have it on good authority that IBM intended to > stop developing the "REDBOOK" Series of publications. My contact at IBM, stated > that other IBMers displayed there resentment to continuing the IBM REDBOOKS. > > Apparently the Bean Counters at IBM only understand numbers. > How does one put a $$$$$ Value on Intellectual Capital ? > > The Discontinuance of the REDBOOK Series has been postponed to 2011. > 2010 will be the last Year for any New IBM REDBOOKS.
I'm not sure exactly how much credence should be given to a rather incendiary post from an anonymous poster referencing an anonymous source. If you would like to supply the name of your source (offline, please), I'll happily look into it. A few points: - For discontinuance to be "postponed" it would have to have been originally scheduled for earlier. At no time in the last two years have those of us who work with the ITSO been informed of any plan to end Redbooks. (I.e. "don't bother") - Redbooks cover a lot of territory. It is possible that some parts of IBM have chosen to reduce funding of residencies or Redbooks in the ITSO. - There *are* certain Redbooks that have been re-published on a regular basis for many years and some of those have ended their run. - The ITSO *may* be looking to reduce the number of residencies in order to reduce cost. - Remember that a lot of Redbooks that are not tied to a residency. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
