While z/OSMF may be a step backward in some regards, that does not mean that all new tools are bad. I for one am not about to complain that IMAPTFLE is gone; SMP is far better.
Tools like Docker are already part of the ecosystem, and it behooves IBM to acknowledge them. I just wish that they would acknowledge their abandoned child OREXX. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Tom Longfellow [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2021 9:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/OS 2.5 install with z/OSMF The replies to my recent post are adding to my arguments. Adding dozens of new ways to get something to do actual work does not get final goals done faster. The actual work that the users (remember them) need do not care how cleverly the software is installed. They just want it now (or yesterday) . Sooner or later the rubber has to meet the road. Docker, noDocker, Anaconda, miniconda, rpm, and all the many items seen in the replies just look to me like a series of new learning curves that stand between and getting the job done. It becomes a learning/training nightmare when you are getting paid for results. I am reminded of reading job openings where they were looking for 10 years of experience in a software that has only been available for 2 years. If you really wanted the job you had to find a polite way to point out their lack of knowledge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
