Well said, it is impossible to replace 30+ years of experience and "feel" for the box with a GUI or equivalent dumbed-down product.
Old (at 48) Timer. > I would hope 99% of us who have worked on this platform know and understand the benifits of SMP/E. I personally would choose an > SMP/E install if I can over a non-SMP/E install but that may just be my "old-timer" prejudice showing. > > I think what is important is to know exactly what level of software you are running to help in problem determination and to know "where do I go from here" to upgrade. If vendors distributed well defined levels of their software in run-time only format, this isn't an issue. > > Some of the people on this list keep telling us to get over ourselves and we probably need to. The IT world has changed a lot in the last 20 years but this platform really hasn't for the most part. Putting windows GUIs and web wizard front ends to everything doesn't cut it because the underlying processes are still too complex and "old-timer" experience is still needed when there is a problem. > > My 2 cents... > John Cassidy (Dipl.-Ingr.) Berninastrasse 9 8057 Zuerich Europe Telephone: +41 (0) 43 300 4602 Mobile: +41 (0) 79 207 3268 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.JDCassidy.net http://www.europeunited.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_United John Cassidy (Dipl.-Ingr.) Berninastrasse 9 8057 Zuerich Europe Telephone: +41 (0) 43 300 4602 Mobile: +41 (0) 79 207 3268 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.JDCassidy.net http://www.europeunited.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_United ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
