1. This is a perfect example of the whole MVS philosophy of documentation,
which seems to be "if you already understand how everything works, then
our
documentation will explain everything to you perfectly."
Sorry, but that sounds rather cynical. In a system this large with as many
components, how else should it be done? Given that if there were only paper
documentation your point would be well taken, but given the availability of
search engines. I can't imagine how else such a large body of information
could be made available.
There's never been any question that one of the most important skills was
the ability to "know where to look". Many times, items are discovered by
accident,or in the course of looking for something else. I'm sure everyone
has stories about manuals they intended to read (or at least look at), but
never got around to, or when they did it was out of date.
IMHO, IBM still has some of the best documentation available regardless of
how voluminous it might be. I'm sure many people would wish for even more
if it were to be available (remember the PLM's?)
Adam
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