> I'd like to see the *same* installation method for *all* installs

I think that was the design goal for SMP/E. The problem is that when you
have one product that solves every possible problem it ends up horribly
complex.

Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Tom Brennan
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2016 9:04 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Installation Improvements (was Re: Links to IBM announcements
for today appear to be broken)

Pommier, Rex wrote:
> Coming soon to a mainframe near you:  Software installation becomes 
> next-->next-->next-->install.  :-)

Oh I hope so!  As mainframers retire I've seen them get replaced with folks
who tend to struggle for weeks (literally) with things we would call simple
(i.e. downloading a third-party product to a USS file). 
What I'd like to see is the equivalent of a Windows Next/Next/Finish
installation of course, but more importantly I'd like to see the *same*
installation method for *all* installs - like Windows generally does.

Want to install SAS?  Run the same install.  Want to install z/OS
maintenance?  Run the same install.  It doesn't have to be z/OSMF or
Webified.  It could be 

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