I personally look at zOSMF with a dubious eye. True that it's gotten easier to install/maintain w/ Liberty Profile however there's plenty of room for improvement. E.g. Having the ability to easily remove a plug-in would be nice...lol. IBM is always trying to make a better mainframe "wheel" and this time the heralded front-runner is zOSMF. In my own jaded opinion zOSMF's only purpose is to lure younger talent and interest to the mainframe. The new talent pool apparently demands system mgmt. w/ a mouse! W/e.... I recall an IBM offering called SSX/VSE that would virtually eliminate the need for VSE sysprogs...a real turn-key nirvana. It lived a few years and was gone. Another was DMS which was going to revolutionize the CICS application programming world. It lasted a few years as well. There's always a magic potion to sell. In response to serverpac I would say that serverpac is a great installation tool and adding the entire IBM product set to it is goodness for sure. However I would ask IBM, please do not mandate zOSMF.
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