I always ask permission before downloading CBT tools or anything else like that, or my own free tools. In days of old, I backed it up to 3480 carts. Then TSO XMIT of my PDSes and keeping them on a USB drive. I have seen USBs locked down, but that hasn't been a problem for me.
If I was doing an ad-hoc consultant gig with a specific task or tasks and they wanted me to re-invent the wheel for simple JCL or have to constantly ask about things that I could easily figure out with SHOWMVS, IPLINFO or do things quicker with PDS86 etc. etc., it is their money and my hourly rate and I would do what they wanted. So far, I've never had anyone ever tell me I couldn't use non-APF authorized freeware to help get my job done. That being consulting or as an employee. What I don't do is suggest to or put freeware as part of any production process, job etc. That includes very useful tools, but I still won't do it. Sysprog use only, fine. Production use, no. Oh, and I always do leave my personal (mostly) JCL PDS when I leave a shop. Nothing "secret" or copyrighted in there, just years and years of helpful samples, doc, etc. that is part of what my client gets by hiring me. Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS ITIL v3 Foundation Certified mailto:m...@mzelden.com Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
