This is a great missing manual for z/OS tinkering (in the past I have also given up at the login prompt as the author said). Can someone sort of "steel man" this z/OS workflow? e.g. correct noob problems and explain why creating a file takes a page of options? As it is, if this is actually the way to get started, I'm seeing no compelling reason for a developer to bother to learn or use z/OS.
And I know you could say "well Linux is just as complicated." And maybe that's true, but I can also freely download it and learn it, whereas IBM seems to be making no effort to bring z/OS to the public, so why bother chasing it?
This is a great missing manual for z/OS tinkering (in the past I have also given up at the login prompt as the author said). Can someone sort of "steel man" this z/OS workflow? e.g. correct noob problems and explain why creating a file takes a page of options? As it is, if this is actually the way to get started, I'm seeing no compelling reason for a developer to bother to learn or use z/OS.
And I know you could say "well Linux is just as complicated." And maybe that's true, but I can also freely download it and learn it, whereas IBM seems to be making no effort to bring z/OS to the public, so why bother chasing it?