On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 18:41:27 -0400, Craddock, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... >I can't speak for all vendors, but trust me the reason is NOT because >the vendors don't know how to package SMP/E deliverables. There is (at >least in the ones I have dealt with) a full SMP/E install under those >covers. The autocurse installers exist because a significant number of >customers ask (demand!) them. ... There are also vendors that don't provide SPM packaging until customers badgered have them into doing it; then produced junk that used SMP. It's usually pretty easy to tell which kind of a vendor you're dealing with. (And you probably don't find that latter kind on IBM-Main.) A serious side effect of this poor packaging is the sample it gives Jr System Programmers trying to learn SMP by on-the-job training. You would never see an advantage of SMP if all you see is examples of poor packaging. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
