I guess I could have this wrong, but I have never been one to believe that fixing problems by consensus is a good idea. It is more than a little possible, and I'm sure we have all seen it on this list before, that a majority could "think" that some solution is "correct" when the actual correct solution is later offered by a lone individual or a minority of people.
Just because the majority of a group thinks that something is correct doesn't necessarily mean that it's the right answer. That also leaves nothing for the "more ways to skin a cat" type of solution where there may be several ways to successfully resolve a problem, some ways being easier for a certain site and harder for others. How many times on this list was the solution provided and then someone came along and outlined a "better" way to implement that solution? Too many to count I would imagine. Like management by committee, there are some things that can be accomplished that way, but there are many types of things that just plain can't be addressed that way. I believe that mainframes and systems programming in particular fall into the category of "one size does not really fit all", so assuming that the solution with the highest number of votes is the correct one could be less help than the current way IBM-MAIN functions. Brian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
