Re: IBM SR process -- brilliant

2017-02-08 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
ICM = IBM Contract Negotiations (From Acronym Finder attic) >I Care Not ... Actually ICN = Idiots Coming Nearer! ;-) Sorry and sorry. ;-) It must be Friday today! I think... I can't believe I have only one Friday this month so far... Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht

Re: IBM SR process -- brilliant

2017-02-08 Thread Charles Mills
I Care Not would seem to apply to Phil's experience. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John Mattson Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 9:17 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM SR process

Re: IBM SR process -- brilliant

2017-02-08 Thread Dale R. Smith
On Tue, 7 Feb 2017 14:59:24 -0500, Phil Smith III wrote: >Meanwhile, the pages are full of the TLA "ICN". In 35+ years of being an IBM >customer I'd never seen it before; it happens that I was able to infer what >it was, but gee, they sure are being parsimonious, saving those

Re: IBM SR process -- brilliant

2017-02-08 Thread John McKown
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 11:17 AM, John Mattson wrote: > AcronymFinder.com finds 93 possible for TLA I choose True Love Always > > ICN Only 54... Not sure if I prefer "Inter-Array Correlation-Neglecting" > (WTF) or "I Care Not" better. > ​I like "Internet Cranial

Re: IBM SR process -- brilliant

2017-02-08 Thread John Mattson
AcronymFinder.com finds 93 possible for TLA I choose True Love Always ICN Only 54... Not sure if I prefer "Inter-Array Correlation-Neglecting" (WTF) or "I Care Not" better. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: IBM SR process -- brilliant

2017-02-08 Thread Allan Staller
Refrain: The "new" tools are neither as reliable, available or functional as those they replace So today I'm trying to open an ETR. I fight my way to the page, enter the info, and it offers me CANCEL or SAVE AS DRAFT. So I do the latter; that still offers me no way to submit it. I open a

Re: IBM SR process -- brilliant

2017-02-07 Thread Phil Smith III
I have no problem with reusing acronyms. I have a problem with using one that isn't common on a web page, where there's no reason not to spell it out. Lazy and arrogant. But that's the least of the SR pages' problems, so. --

Re: IBM SR process -- brilliant

2017-02-07 Thread Charles Mills
KC lists several. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 12:28 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM SR process -- brilliant Charles Mills wrote: >I

Re: IBM SR process -- brilliant

2017-02-07 Thread Bill Woodger
If it is any help, I know of another ICN from IBM that probably doesn't have anything to do with what you are talking about. I guess even though extensive, the store of TLAs runs out, and they have to be reused, and reused again.

Re: IBM SR process -- brilliant

2017-02-07 Thread Phil Smith III
Charles Mills wrote: >I get ICN's from IBM all the time so yes I know exactly what they are. >(Perhaps a different meaning of ICN?) Ah, yes, that's not it. Please try again :) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: IBM SR process -- brilliant

2017-02-07 Thread Charles Mills
-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: IBM SR process -- brilliant So today I'm trying to open an ETR. I fight my way to the page, enter the info, and it offers me CANCEL or SAVE AS DRAFT. So I do the latter; that still offers me no way to submit it. I open a help request on the ETR process. First response

IBM SR process -- brilliant

2017-02-07 Thread Phil Smith III
So today I'm trying to open an ETR. I fight my way to the page, enter the info, and it offers me CANCEL or SAVE AS DRAFT. So I do the latter; that still offers me no way to submit it. I open a help request on the ETR process. First response: they ask me for my email address - VIA EMAIL, with