On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:17:13 -0700, Ed Jaffe <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 4/30/2013 6:00 AM, Steve Comstock wrote: >> ... spend some time perusing the docs each time a new >> release comes out. > >It seems that most people are too busy these days to read the Release >Information books. Some folks still only use commands they learned in >the 1980s. > >One good thing about TNLs was that applying them focused you in on what >was new. > Besides "what's new" in manuals, ISPF HELP, SHARE presentations, etc., I find out about new commands, features, changes by reading DOC holds when I apply maintenance. Another thing that most people seem to busy to read these days (but I can see why since it can be a bit overwhelming when applying mass maintenance). At least ACTION holds are really things to pay attention to these days and the other stuff can mostly be ignored if you are too busy. IBM has made huge improvements in this area with holds like IPL, RESTART, DYNACT, etc. that can just be ignored if you roll out maintenance with an IPL. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:[email protected] Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
