On Mar 13, 2006, at 8:18 AM, John Eells wrote:
Ed Gould wrote:
Some other sysprogs that I know don't know about it but they don't
go SHARE. I would hate to think that this apparently nice
facility is limited to SHARE attendees. I am not against this per
se..
C'mon, Ed. Of course it's not limited to SHARE attendees. Why
would we want to do that?
Well, I did not say it but the implication is there. If the
information about IBM is offering the service is limited to SHARE,
that is the implication. Since GUIDE no longer exist, IBM needs once
again to get out of its tower and get out there and tell the troops
about the new service.
Ed
The idea that any important piece of information should be
disseminated as widely as possible should be the end point in
this discussion. Since IBM has had this in place for 20 (++?)
years with SMPHOLD data, to me makes this an ideal avenue for IBM
to get information out to the end user (read sysprog) community.
HOLDDATA has indeed been around for quite a while (and a big
improvement it was over EXCLUDE lists, too).
However, Enhanced HOLDDATA, which includes HOLDs for HIPERs, has
not been around for 20 years. In fact, the pre-GA pilot progam
wasn't even 20 years ago (more like 12). Without digging through
notes and such, my best guess is that Enhanced HOLDDATA will have
something close to its 10th birthday this year.
Thanks for the clarification.
I do like the idea of flash's but in truth over the years they
never seemed to reach the intended community (sysprogs).
For flashes to be effective, you have remember to go find them and
read them. Since they have been on a website for quite some time,
this is much easier than it once was.
But I thought this discussion was about red alerts. Red alerts
come to your e-mail inbox. There is no need to go look for them.
IBM has consistently (and to their credit) preached the smphold
mantra. It works. Now maybe if the flash has other audiences then
it serves its purposes. It appears to me that the flashes can
exist side by side with smphold data they should not be mutually
exclusive, so what if a flash and a holddata are sent out? No one
is going to complain.
They are not mutually exclusive.
--------SNIP-------
Of course they aren't. The idea that FLASHES can be brought to the
attention of the "community" is fine, but just don't assume they
reach everyone. It does not hurt to have duplication (in this
instance, IMO).
Ed
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