Not to dispute any of your main points but I think the COBOL compiler messages have always been "self-documenting" -- back at least to 1974 and OS/VS COBOL.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 11:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Software Pricing laughed at. IBM started out doing this in the UNIX side and now its carrying over to the MVS side. The cobol compiler is one such example the (cobol people in IBM) state that a messages and codes manual is not needed as the messages are self documenting, some are but most aren't. When you call up to the support center and level 2 calls you back they practically laugh at you for asking. This is a disturbing trend at IBM and I would wonder if this is a wave of the future for the rest of IBM. I for one would never buy an IBM product that goes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
