On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 12:02:40 -0700, Ed Jaffe <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 3/30/2017 9:33 AM, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: >> I have no idea as I can't get into the requirements area any longer. Perhaps >> because I haven't been to a SHARE for several years. What I do know is that >> both of these requirements are now over 100 votes and growing. > >The SHARE Requirements System can be found here: > >http://www.share.org/page/requirements-&-advocacy > >Many RFEs are essentially nonsense, entered by random individuals >without the benefit of real discussion or IBM input. And, RFE "votes" >don't carry as much weight as you might think because: Interesting, since IBM encourages votes for RFEs (for COBOL, anyway). Seems pointless to encourage votes and then ignore them. I do agree that RFE votes should actually be difficult to take seriously (when others vote for something I don't like, anyway...). I followed your link to SHARE and clicked on Register to make an account. Oops. That was unexpected. [...] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
