"I've known people for whom using Excel is a struggle."

Ha ha!  Add me to that list.

It could be the original PC's and Unix/Linux were also more like a tailored suit, but then things like plug-and-play and better install programs were created to hide and standardize. Like you say, that was required for the target audience. But as a side effect, it also made things easy for experienced users.

On 5/30/2023 10:36 AM, John McKown wrote:
Windows, MacOS, Android and so on are built on the premise of "mass
marketing". Which means they need are set up in "the one true way". Lack of
choice is required to make things easy enough for someone who is not
interested in technology,  just using something. I've known people for whom
using Excel is a struggle. They use MS Word like an old style typewriter.
Forget getting them to do any kind of database. z/OS is not meant to be one
size fits all. It is like a bespoke, individually tailored tuxedo.

On Tue, May 30, 2023, 11:03 Shaffer, Terri <
0000017d5f778222-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:

Kids can install, because basically one FMID, and if it doesn’t work, good
luck.

How many FMID components make up core z/OS?  Maybe if IBM made it one FMID
you could install like android.

I can use ISRFIND or ISRDDN, to find many things out in Seconds, no more
hunting thru libraries.

z/OS is complex, period, its why I can run 4 flavors of many components, I
can run X number of LPARS at different z/OS versions, even look at SDSF
with SDSFAUX now, tons of information is known in seconds, but change z/OS
release and not all were available yet, SO what assumptions are you will to
concede to, for z/OSMF to work, with out adding to the headaches.

Ms Terri E Shaffer
Senior Systems Engineer,
z/OS Support:
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So how come my kids can install apps and updates to their Windows and Mac
machines, and I can work with Linux with no formal training?  For example,
I don't need to hunt down SYS3.MY2013.PARMLIB(PROG46), I look in /etc and
parms are in standard directories.  Even my Android (while
annoying) updates itself from time to time.

z/OSMF isn't the cure though.  System standardization might be, but that
would still include IBM dictating how things are done.  We accept that on
the other platforms and it seems to solve a lot of problems.

On 5/30/2023 7:24 AM, Shaffer, Terri wrote:
I have to disagree.

First lets talk about the migration guide and how many products an
average customer runs for a z/OS upgrade?
Then how many of the hundreds of actions does any one customer need to
actually perform?
Then, I know many customers, who may apply one RSU once per year and
just add 1-2 PTF for break fix, why would I ever want IBM to supply
libraries past an RSU level?

One stop shopping doesn’t allow the flexibility the mainframe has always
provided, IBM should not dictate how I setup my shop.

Lastly, isn’t the actual issue, no-one takes any initiative to learn
anymore.

Use the analogy of back in the 80's, how much with IOGENs and everything
else IBM has done over the years to simplify the system programmers tasks.

But now they want GUI/Clicky and removed the interface from the
mainframe.  Sorry but I have seen too many lockouts for this to work
effectively....


Ms Terri E Shaffer
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z/OS Support:
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On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 9:04 AM Colin Paice <colinpai...@gmail.com>
wrote:

People feel that z/OSMF is not meeting their needs. Looking at the
positive side....If we wanted to get future z/OS newbies up to speed
very quickly (1
month)  What should IBM and us users be doing?

     1. Making better use of existing tools?  Eclipse ?
     2. Simplify the installation process (perhaps download the CST
level of
     code including SMP/E libraries - so we users do not need to use
SMP/E -
     just copy the libraries?)
     3. Simplify the configuration? (How many configuration parameters
are no
     longer needed and could just be set to "default")
     4. Drive everything from off-platform through Curl?
     5. Setting up Racf definitions for a new product can be challenging
...
     how can we simplify this - for example products should provide
members of
     the definitions.  It is easier to delete unwanted lines - than type
in
     definitions.
     6. ....

Is there anything easy we/IBM could do to move in the right direction?

Colin

Examine the current system,
create a script to set the equivalent values for z/OSMF?

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