Cheryl, Some needs a build large indexable repository for tutorials, howto, code etc. I have always felt since no one know all the technical answers or aspects , then a repository would help greatly.
Scott On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 9:14 AM Lance D. Jackson < [email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Cheryl. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Cheryl Watson Walker > Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 22:02 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IBM Developerworks is gone! > > Hi all, > > > > We'll I'm a little embarrassed. I was just told offline about a link that > Lionel Dyck posted here last October that described the coming of the > calamity that just occurred - > https://developer.ibm.com/dw-connections-sunset-faq/. (As a side note – > the creators of that FAQ weren’t even kind enough to create hot links for > all of the other portals. Web pages and hot links aren’t all that difficult > people!) The FAQ said that owners of content on DeveloperWorks could move > their content to other locations by the end of March. This is assuming that > they were still employed by IBM and had the time to move the content. Of > course, IBM could not provide them with the original content. > > > > We had posted almost 100 links in our Tuning Letter to useful material on > DeveloperWorks and now none of them work. It will take time, but I hope to > go through all of our links and reach out to the authors to find where they > are now posting items. > > > > So I went to the new website - https://www.ibm.com/community/, signed up, > and started looking at it. With the optional portals listed in the FAQ and > this new community website, it just seems like IBM wants to remove as much > technical information as possible and replace it with marketing. If anyone > knows how to search the new community website, please let me know. If I’m > not ready to buy a product, the community is not doing anything for me. > > > > P.S. – Aled – thanks for your post. I have always had the highest respect > for Timothy and Mark, and I really appreciate how much they support the > customers. > > > > Still a little bitter about the deletions… > > Cheryl > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cheryl Watson <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 12:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Cheryl Watson <[email protected]> > Subject: IBM Developerworks is gone! > > > > Hi all, > > > > Remember when IBM went through and deleted from their websites what they > considered "old" manuals and documentation? Well, they just did it again! > They've removed all the DeveloperWorks articles that have provided such > excellent information since its creation. And these aren't just OLD > articles. Even a link from three months ago is gone. All references to > DeveloperWorks are now directed to a nothing site. The DeveloperWorks > website contained amazing articles from some of the top developers in their > fields, many of whom are no longer still working at IBM. We understand that > IBM "furloughed" them, but they don't have to furlough their ideas. > > > > I'm pleading with all of you who work for a large IBM customer to ask your > management to tell IBM to stop this idiotic practice. There is NO reason to > delete valuable information. > > > > If this is due to marketing wanting a new image, then they have no idea > what image they're creating. > > > > Please do this for all of us! > > > > All my best, > > > > Cheryl Watson > > Watson & Walker, Inc. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
