Guidelines for BPCS-L mailing list -- BPCS-L

This is the BPCS list server.  It is devoted to the discussion of topics 
related to System Software Associates' (SSA's) Business Planning and Control 
System (BPCS).  We can generally concede that topics involving AS/Set, ODW, 
and BPCS "bolt-ons" are acceptable.  Discussion of other software products 
as they relate to interfacing with BPCS is fine.  Discussion of hardware 
platforms as they relate to BPCS is fine as well, but do not attempt to 
promote one platform over another.  Discussion of platform strengths and 
weaknesses is allowed. 

Opinions are both welcome and encouraged, but longer threads should be 
held "off line".  Same for personal experiences.  All versions and all 
"flavors" of BPCS are welcome, as well as all hardware configurations. 
Please contact the list moderator at david@xxxxxxxxxxxx if you have any 
questions regarding appropriate content. 

Questions regarding programming techniques as related to AS/Set or ODW are 
allowed; however, native programming not specifically related to BPCS would 
be better served on the midrange list server, MIDRANGE-L, or an appropriate 
UNIX forum.  Connectivity and AS/400 related questions, unless specific to 
BPCS or CIMPath, would be better served by MIDRANGE-L as well. 

Flames are ABSOLUTELY prohibited.  We are all adults here, and can express 
our discontent without childish remonstrations.  Any person caught issuing a 
flame will be immediately terminated from the list, or be forced to maintain 
one of the "500" programs using screen arrays instead of subfiles and at 
least twelve "dead" subroutines -- you decide which is worse. 

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it is extraordinarily unprofessional). 

Vendor postings are prohibited unless they pertain to a specific question or 
are related to a new product or service for BPCS users.  Job postings will be 
allowed unless the poster reaches an "annoyance level" or posts jobs 
unrelated to BPCS.  Said "annoyance level" will be a threshold of one posting 
per month. 

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