On 19 Feb 2007 07:59:00 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin >> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 9:53 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: License keys for ISV products(What alternatives >> are there?) >> >> >> In a recent note, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" said: >> >> > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:40:13 -0500 >> > >> > >It might help if the installation process prompted for an E-mail >> > >address of contact to notify automatically prior to expiry. Less >> > >help on z/OS than on other systems, because z/OS has less >> consistent >> > >a protocol for sending E-mail than most other systems. >> > >> > The flip side is that the support personnel at most z/OS shops have >> > TSO userids, so you can send notifications through the >> standard TSO/E >> > services. >> > >> But the distribution list for such warnings might ideally include >> Accounts Payable personnel who can't even spell "TSO". >> >> Electronic communication should be regarded as a utility, like >> telephone service, where interoperation is essential. If the >> multitude of cellular telephone services can (mostly) interoperate >> with each other and with land-based providers, why can't the >> "standard" (a standard with only one participant?) TSO/E services >> interoperate with RFC *821/*822? >> >> -- gil > >Because: (1) TSO "SEND" et al. likely antedate those RFCs and (2) TSO >development is, at best, minimized. I've not seen any really new TSO >facilities in years. > >I don't really like email notification. For some reason, it rarely gets >to me. And I do most of the key related maintenance. Again, CA does the >best for this because I can get my current keys off of their web site. I >know that others have said that they cannot due to CA not having all the >keys there. I guess I'm lucky. The only problem is at DR. At our site, >you can have a "mainframe connected" PC or an Internet connected PC. But >not a single PC which can do both. And the distributed people grab all >of the Internet connected PCs for there stuff. Why? Because they reload >the OS from CDs (DVDs), but then go off to the MS site for any updates. >Sounds weird to me, but what do I know? I'm just a mainframer. Could you take a laptop with a wireless connection? Failing that, can you make the case for having either one PC dedicated to mainframe use and the Internet or at least one PC with Internet connection dedicated to mainframe. At less than a thousand dollars for a laptop or PC, this seems like a trivial cost for DR.
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