I too have been a long time redbook user and can't imagine what the internal politics were to kill one of the best resources users had... Although I have always wondered why BigBlue called them RedBooks instead of BlueBooks.
On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 9:07 AM Henry Schaffer <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 8:39 AM Dave Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If true, that would be one of the stupidest things IBM has ever done, > > > > Hmmm - this could be the start of a new thread. :-) > > --henry > > P.S. Some may remember the years pre-Gerstner. > > imho. > > DJ > > > > --- > > BEST REGARDS > > > > DAVE JONES > > Managing Director for zSystems Support, zLinux, and Cloud > > ++1 281.578.7544 (Cell) > > Web: www.itconline.com > > 18502 Purdy Ct. Houston, TX 77084 USA > > > > On 10.28.2021 7:02 PM, Neale Ferguson wrote: > > > I am hearing strong rumors that IBM is about to commit the type of > > > corporate facepalm that is the stuff for future textbooks. Apparently > > > Redbooks are no longer going to be a thing and the organization > > > disbanded. If there’s one thing that has differentiated IBM in the > > > mainframe space has been the quality of its documentation and, in > > > particular, the type of HOW-TO information contained within Redbooks > > > and Redpieces. These documents turn a “that’d be nice to do” into a > > > proof-of-concept and finally into production. In doing so, they must > > > be responsible for millions or billions of dollar in revenue to IBM. > > > > > > Many of the topics of Redbooks cover are complex and even > > > intimidating. They provide a step-by-step approach to learning and > > > implementing using a group of people actually doing what they’re > > > writing about. This is invaluable. > > > > > > I hope these rumors are untrue but if not I think we should all be > > > shouting from the roof until someone with some sense realizes how > > > shortsighted this decision is. > > > > > > Neale > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 > > > or visit > > > http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > > visit > > http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
