RE: IBM dumb move #3,912,347

[Colin Williams <Williamsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe we are heading down the PC road. No easily available manuals, just
reference books that will cost us an arm and a leg to view.

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: eric [mailto:eric@tsoft.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 7:04 PM
>>> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
>>> Subject: RE: IBM dumb move #3,912,347
>>> 
>>> 
>>> What's next - IBM AS/400 Information Center pay to access 
>>> subscription?
>>> 
>>> Eric Kempter
>>> CommAir Mechanical Services, Inc.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From:       Jim Langston [SMTP:jlangston@conexfreight.com]
>>> Sent:       Thursday, September 02, 1999 8:50 AM
>>> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>>> Subject:    Re: IBM dumb move #3,912,347
>>> 
>>> Woah!  What's IBM doing now?  I have all the books on the 
>>> system for V3R1M0
>>> when they still came on paper.  Then they give me this CD 
>>> and say, use this now.
>>> So I pop the CD into a PC and hate the interface, but use it.
>>> 
>>> We upgrade our AS/400 and I stick the Softcopy on our DADS 
>>> and all is happy.
>>> Now they're taking the book OUT of the Softcopy?  And they 
>>> are ONLY available
>>> online?
>>> 
>>> QUOTE
>>> 
>>> Entire book moved to
>>>                                       Information center.
>>> 
>>>                                       Starting at V4R4, the book is
>>>                                       no longer available in the
>>>                                       Softcopy Library, Online
>>>                                       Library, or orderable.
>>> END-QUOTE
>>> 
>>> What about the people who don't use the internet?  Okay, 
>>> they are far and few
>>> between, but still...
>>> 
>>> IBM has more bureaucracy and red tape than the U.S. government!
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Jim Langston
>>> 
>>> Roger Pence wrote:
>>> 
>>> > Does anyone else but me think this is about the dumbest 
>>> thing IBM has
>>> > done... lately...
>>> >
>>> > 
>>> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/v4r4/ic2924/in
fo/readthis.htm

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