RE: IBM dumb move #3,912,347

[Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>]

Cute ranting, but I repeat my question.  How do we get this changed?




dbale@genfast.com on 09/02/99 06:15:32 PM
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Rob,

>How do we get this changed?  I would like the softcopy,
>and the online manual.  I don't even mind if IBM makes a
>buck by selling the book to dinosaur's.

I ranted about this a few weeks ago on this list...

--- Begin rant ---

Hey, I really don't like the vibes I'm getting from this list about IBM doing
away with the softcopy CD-rom in favor of web access.  Is it true?  I know we've
got the softcopy CD-rom for V4R2, our current release.

Sure, softcopy plus the "library reader" were never a great documentation team,
but it sure beats the hell out of having to go to the web everytime I need to
look up something.  Besides, from what I'm hearing here, IBM's web library may
be in worse shape than the softcopy.

From my experience working as a consultant and dealing with more than a few
shops, I can safely say that the majority of programmers do not have web access
at their desk.  They are either using dumb tubes or are using a PC without any
internet access.  The environments using PCs that I've been in are usually
networked and the softcopy is either on a network cd-rom drive or the contents
are dumped to a network hard drive.

What does it cost IBM to produce these softcopy CD-roms?  Maybe a dime apiece?

This is an issue I'd be willing to make a _lot_ of noise about.  Or am I jumping
the gun here?

- Dan "squeaky wheel" Bale

--- End rant ---

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