I have been working with SMP/E since before there was an E (SMP) (over 40 years) and I believe shops that limit themselves to SMP/E installed products are simply causing themselves extra work.
I am a consultant and a software developer. Recently had two installs. One from IBM using SMP/E and another not using SMP/E. Both products were of similar size and complexity. The installation for the none SMP/E installation took under a day. The installation for the SMP/E installed product took about a week and cost my client much more money (consulting fees). I think SMP/E is required for products as complicated as the operating system, DB2, or CICS because it keeps track of the maintenance installed but for products that can be version controlled a non-SMP/E install is much quicker and easier. The product I develop does not use SMP/E simply because it is not needed. If a shop required an SMP/E maintained product, I guess I would create a CSI etc. but I would download it like a serverpac. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
