Fortunately it's still available from IBM Taiwan, who it seems aren't singing from quite the same hymnsheet as the folks in the USA :)
http://www2.tw.ibm.com/cgi-bin/db2www/techdoc/check.d2w/report?No=194 See also http://www2.tw.ibm.com/cgi-bin/db2www/techdoc/index.d2w/report Grab it before the Revisionists erase it too... a copy will be going up at http://www.corestore.org/sg245944.zip but I don't have infinite bandwidth... Mike (CC'ed to Mark in case I'm still banned from posting to Linux-390) http://www.corestore.org
The book itself is not in the cache at Google, but I and a number of other people have copies (I know it was one of the more popular downloads). But, I did come across a pointer this message, dated October 24 2002, on the IBM-Main listserv: http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvtype?MVS-OE.33139 It's Mike MacIsaac, the lead author of that book explaining that he's been ordered not to talk about why the book and the software were removed. Sigh. Sometimes I really _want_ to be wrong, and this was one of them. Well, I'll offer to send a copy of the book to anyone that wants one, and doesn't have it (it's a little under 3MB in size). Maybe Giorgio Bellussi will host this one too, if enough people think it's worthwhile. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Summerfield Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 4:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Yet Another IBM Conspiracy Theory On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Mark Post wrote: > Ok, now someone's stolen an entire Redbook, and all the Open Source tools > that came with it (at least as far as _I_ can tell). > > Someone sent me an offlist email indicating that the "Open Source Software > for z/OS and OS/390" Redbook has been made to disappear, as well as the > software that it discusses. I checked the FTP server, and there was a > readme.txt file there indicating that all the software had been moved to > IBM's "UNIX Tools & Toys" web page, which was what I recalled had been done > with it. When I went to that page, though, there was a notice that said > "The Ported Tools section is being serviced and is not available at this > time." Now, just what that means is unclear to me, but taken with the > Redbook being missing, it's rather odd. > > Does anyone know how long the Ported Tools section has been down for > "service?" Does anyone know where to find the official copy of the Redbook? Is this time to disseminate unofficial copies? Is it in the Google cache? -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
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