On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:03:24 -0400, Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >And then the idea that ISVs don't know SMP/E is a bit out there -- well >I'd hope that ISVs know SMP/E.
I'd hope so too, but some vendors consistently do it wrong. Some examples: Providing PTFs without proper PREs Providing PTFs that don't SUP when they should Routinely asking a customer to use BYPASS ID PTF A has a PRE on FMID B, but FMID B has a SUP on PTF A Failure to provide UCLIN to create DDDEFs I'm sure others will chime in with their pet peeve of the day. >But the reason for autocurst was to allow >the customer to immediately install AutoOPERATOR and then install the >SMP/E stuff later (basically the system came "pre-installed" you loaded >the SMP/E files/system later so you could put on maint). So I get a product that may match what SMP/E has. No, thanks. A properly built SMP/E install doesn't take much longer than just unloading data sets and then I *know* that they are in sync. The total amount of work is typically less to set up the SMP/E environment properly and then install. > >So there are lots of things that vendors have to take into >consideration, and the biggest one today are the Sr. Systems Programmers >who don't know what a USERMOD is or a JES exit. > Now there's a statement that I think is "a bit out there." Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
