I hate to be defending some anonymous old fogey, but his message is intended to endorse regular and rigorous maintenance, not to criticize it.
. . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Friday, February 01, 2019 2:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: Newbie SMP/E questions W dniu 2019-02-01 o 19:50, Tom Conley pisze: > On 2/1/2019 12:22 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: >> I'd like to explore this teaser post. I was (I think also) dubious >> about the original comment in that it seems to disparage--or at least >> discourage--mass service like RSU, which I view as a major advance in >> software maintenance. Is there really wide-spread distrust of an >> "unavoidable 'push'"? >> >> . >> . > > A wise man once said, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it, but with z/OS, > it's ALWAYS broke!" Older guy, beard, wore a denim newsie.... This guy was not necessarily wise. It's rare to have completely isolated, fixed systems with no changes, including software. Having unsupported system and changing hardware is dead end. At some time you HAVE TO apply some servicve because you changed DASD, because you have to migrate from SSLv3 to TLS, because you have to switch from native SNA to Enterprise Extender, etc. etc. In IT world changes are consstant, so there are no "fixed state" of IT systems (with very few exceptions). So you have to apply *some* service. Usually it's much simpler when you apply preventive service and upgrade to new versions. Otherwise you have problems like how to migrate from unsupported OS on unsupported CPC to current OS/CPC. My €0.02 -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
