I haven't attended SHARE in 12 or more years. But somehow I found out about Red Alerts. Thanks to IBM-MAIN and Cheryl Watson and spending time reading IBM's web sites.
Don Imbriale >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >Of Ed Gould >Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 3:38 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: IBM APAR > >On Mar 13, 2006, at 10:28 AM, Imbriale, Donald (Exchange) wrote: > > >> Ed, pay attention. John could not have stated it any more >> clearly : "Of >> course it's not limited to SHARE attendees." >> >> But you come right back and say that it is. >> > >Of course the only people who know about it are SHARE people or >someone that has attended SHARE and has told friends. Don't assume >that if you don't attend SHARE people are suppose to know about a new >offering IBM has. Since IBM as essentially disconnected itself from >day to day contact with the user community (call 1-800-..... for >service) there is no way (that I have seen) for IBM to communicate >with the typical sysprog (let alone most managers). Like I said there >needs to be an avenue for communication, personally I think HOLDDATA >is the best way. Then it gets to the people who need it the most >although I do like the idea of flash's it needs better coverage than >what it has been given. Before someone on here mentioned it I had >never heard of it. I asked a couple of friends that have been in the >sysproging business over 20 years and they had not heard of it either >(of course they don't attend SHARE, either). This may be a fluke but >somehow I don't think so. > *********************************************************************** Bear Stearns is not responsible for any recommendation, solicitation, offer or agreement or any information about any transaction, customer account or account activity contained in this communication. *********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

