"Gamble my career"? -- MIDRANGE-L

Melodramatic?  Maybe.  But I can't remember the last time IBM stood up to
one very specific "application", and based on IBM's statements to date, it
appears IBM considers the use of TT to be a violation of licensing
agreements.

So, if you install this chimera and something bad happens to your system, do
you think your boss, or the owner, or the board of directors will applaud
and say, "Hey, nice try!"  Sorry, the line for the lynching party forms at
the end.  If one of my valued, long-time people even downloaded TT without
talking to me, it would be the end of that career.

Regardless of what you think about the legality/morality/ethics of TT, there
is a risk to being a pioneer.  While it's nice to posture and talk tough
about installing TT, anybody who does this without consulting with, and
getting a blessing from, his/her organization's senior management is a fool.
When the opportunity to save "zillions of dollars" by adopting an alternate
solution exists, there are almost always tradeoffs; your management needs to
hear the good, bad, and ugly of the TT story first.  Then let _them_ decide
if they want to save zillions.  This is the way organizations are supposed
to work; things are a lot different if you're churning out code on your own.

Go ahead with TigerTools but make sure you have your boss's signature on the
authorization letter...and take the letter home!
Brad's comments regarding malicious intent are exactly right and I doubt IBM
would try that.  And maybe your system's undersized anyway...

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Brad Stone
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 1:20 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Tiger Tools

> Just my thoughts,
> I don't agree with the ethics of Tiger's product, but
> even if I
> approved, I would not gamble my career on it.
>
> Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

Sorry, but "gamble my career" is being a little bit
melodramatic.

Anyhow,
I say call Tiger Tools.  Ask them what happens, and get in
writing, when and IF IBM changes their side to disable this
bit what happens (ie refund, etc).

Also be sure to include that, as Al mentioned, if bad things
happen because it's now flipping a bit that could be
anything from powering down the system to ending the job,
that there is some sort of stipulation about responsibility
on their part.

If IBM were to change the use of this Interactive/Batch bit
to do something harmful to the system, I would perceive that
as malicious intent.  And that would not go over well.

In other words, look before you leap.  And remember, this
tool does not create CPU out of thin air.  If you're already
running batch intensive jobs and want better interactive
performance, you're robbing from peter to pay paul.  So your
batch jobs will suffer in performance.  But, if you're
looking to buy a batch machine to save a zillion dollars and
use it as interactive, go for it.  :)  The batch machines
aren't even worth what they cost, IMHO.

Brad
www.bvstools.com
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