Well... First, I can get direct ftp connection from mainframe if I would
request and justify it (BTDT). Mainframe is not worse than any other
computer <vbg>
Second - it is not so big problem to have dedicated PC just for IBM
software installation purposes. It costs much less than any tape drive,
even maintenance fee for the drives.
Regular PC nowadays has few hundreds gigabytes of HDD, DVD burner - so
you can easily download and store your files and you can make archive
copies of DVD plates.
Just my $0.02
BTW: I don't like Internet Delivery for quite another reason:
complexity. Regular, tape-based installation - CBPDO, ServerPac - is
complex enough, however at acceptable level (read: I have no problems
with that <g>). Internet Delivery adds several steps which further
complicates the process and demand much more disk space. For some cases
I needed 4 times more space than for regular CBPDO (AFAIR: zip, unizpped
HFS file, "fake tape" datatasets, finally relfiles).
So I would expect to simplify the installation process, Internet
Delivery itself is not a problem IMHO.
Just my second $0.02
Regards
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Lodz, Poland
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