Re: New to this.

wdsci-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   3. Re: New to this. (steema)
>
>I am sorry to say, I think this product is unduly difficult to get the
>hang of.
>It is not encouraging to people who don't see the need to go off PDM. I
>know that they are forcing us to, but IBM should be ready for a lot of
>complaining.


There are many of us who remember all of the developers who said the same thing 
about PDM when they tried to move away from STRPGMMNU.

WDSC will take a few days just to feel like you can use it, much less feel 
comfortable with it. It takes time to get it installed properly, making sure 
you have the options you want and the fixes downloaded and applied. It takes 
time to discover which of the features you will use. (Most won't be useful to 
you for a while if ever.) It takes time to learn how to set preferences and 
locate the properties that you'll want to know about.

There is a _lot_ that can be learned. Much of what you'll learn is about what 
you can ignore.

Just expect to take a few days before judgement. Every single one of us had to 
learn. Some had to learn before this mailing list existed. (Try learning it 
without any help from others.)

Ask questions, even simple ones. If nothing else, the simple questions help 
determine what should be in a FAQ for this mailing list. Also, there are others 
who are learning today -- they will be happy to see some simple questions 
answered.

Tom Liotta