On Tue, 4 Oct 2016 09:08:33 -0400, John Eells wrote: > >*Whoa*! Don't panic. This DOES NOT signal that IBM will move everything >out of SMP/E management. There are no plans to change the packaging for >products that really need SMP/E or something just like it. But, Software >Management now supports non-SMP/E-packaged products too. > Will SMP/E remain the preferred channel for ISVs? IBM generously provided GIMZIP, enabling ISVs to package in formats suitable for RECEIVE FROMNETWORK/FROMNTS. AFAIK, IBM stopped short of ISV support for RECEIVE ORDER. But I shouldn't care: my group has neither the intellectual resource nor the political influence to make ORDER practical.
BTW, what has become of CA's MSM? Flourshing, flash in the pan, or a companion to Activator? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
