Admittedly IBM-MAIN participation is not an "unbiased sample". What it IS, however, is a bunch of customers, consultants, vendors (including IBMers) that I like to call "plugged into the folklore". And as such a very valuable constituency to consult with.
Now maybe I shouldn't say this (both as an IBMer and as someone who's known John for a very long time) but I think it was absolutely spot on of him to ask the question here. If we can get beyond the "metachatter" I think we could as a community do good work by answering this question. Martin Packer Performance Consultant IBM United Kingdom Ltd +44-20-8832-5167 +44-7802-245-584 email: [email protected] Twitter ID: MartinPacker "They're figuring out that collaboration isn't a productivity hit, it makes them smarter." Sam Palmisano on BlogCentral, 26 November 2008 From: Eric Bielefeld <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 14/05/2009 17:54 Subject: Re: TSO/E Exits Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> I'd be very curious about the answer to what percent of z/OS Mainframe shops subscribe to IBM-Main. I don't think we will ever get an answer to that question though. I would suspect that the total would be between 50-80%. I know many people read IBM-Main and never post, and many others read through newsgroups. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Gardoit" <[email protected]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:09 AM Subject: Re: TSO/E Exits > "As a side point, I wonder as to the > percentage of IBM shops that are on this list." > > Exactly, why ask on a list that probably a lot of shops don't belong to? > The data (for whatever purpose) will not be exactly scientific and should > not be a basis for decision making. I would hope other channels of > communications are being used to elicit this info. > > "Good guy" or not, that just makes sense. > > Guy Gardoit > z/OS Systems Programming ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
