On Tuesday, 03/29/2005 at 01:44 EST, "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I might want to give them criticize them in private. I might want to praise > them in public. I might want to invite them to speak at SHARE. I might > want to pick their brains. If I meet them at a conference, I might want to > spend some time chatting with them. > > In other words, it puts a human face on an otherwise anonymous work. I > guess I'm so used to just about everything related to Linux/390 coming from > IBM in the form of Redbooks/pieces/papers, etc., that it strikes me as odd > when I don't know who did the work. I know that prior to Linux/390 coming > along, I never really wondered who wrote the Messages and Codes manuals, for > example. But since I've been in the middle of this since nearly the > beginning, I feel like I "know" most everyone involved, and that's really > nice. I never had that feeling before when doing MVS work. As time goes > on, I suppose we'll see more and more things from IBM's internal writers, so > I'll probably have to get used to it. I'll probably be a little sad about > it, though.
As a general rule you will continue to see authors' names on papers, presentations, and books that are outside the scope of the Development Process within IBM. Documentation that is produced as part of formal "product development" will not have authors' names. I realize that from the outside looking in, it can be difficult to discern which is which, but know that we'll always give you a way to give us feedback. That feedback might be of the form "I'd like to talk one-on-one with the primary author or editor of this material. Please contact me." We'll respond. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
