Tony's point is of course a valid one. His argument can also be turned around. Just as the destination may determine the medium so too the medium may determine the destination.
In my own experience many shops continue to do what they have done in the past all but unthinkingly, even when it is dysfunctional.. On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 3:08 PM, David Purdy < [email protected]> wrote: > Our decision for download is cost-driven: we have to pay state sales tax > if media is used. > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Harminc <[email protected]> > To: IBM-MAIN <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, May 11, 2015 02:51 PM > Subject: Re: z/OS Platform Software Products on ... Tape? > > > > <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_34dc87bd-a221-49e6-b16f-000bf131ce6d" style="margin: > 0px;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size: 12px;color: > #000;background-color: #fff;"> > > <pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>On 11 May 2015 at 10:36, John Eells <<a > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>> wrote: > > - Why you > choose tape for software delivery > > - Whether you can use one of the > alternatives, DVD or Internet, and if not, why. > > I'm not involved in ordering > or receiving IBM software these days, but > one thing I see as an ISV is that > there is a split between tapes and > all other methods: tapes go to the data > centre address, but DVDs and > such, and effectively most online downloads, go to > the address where > the sysprog works, and are then uploaded to the mainframe > from some > desktop system. The days when the sysprogs/product installers > always > worked right next to the machine room are long gone, of course, > and > very often the hardware is now in another state or country. > > To some > extent this is about how automated the receipt and > installation of software is; > if it comes to the sysprog's desk then > it's much more a manual process than if > it goes directly into a tape > library under the control of Operations. > > Of > course there are exceptions - DVDs can go to the mainframe, there > can be remote > tape drives near the sysprogs, and downloads can be done > directly via SMP/E, > but I think the general rule still applies. > > So in some cases the answer to > your question may have little to do > with tapes qua tapes, and more to do with > the delivery address. > > Tony > H. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For > IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to > <a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a> > with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > </tt></pre> > <!-- end of AOLMsgPart_1_34dc87bd-a221-49e6-b16f-000bf131ce6d --> > </div> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
