[Info-vax] Ask the Wizard archives?

[gérard Calliet]

Le 23/05/2019 à 09:24, Marc Van Dyck a écrit :
> Jim Causey presented the following explanation :
>> On Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 10:25:14 AM UTC-7, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>>> On 2019-05-22 16:35:37 +0000, Jim Causey said:
>>>
>>>> There are a lot of search results that point to "Ask the Wizard" 
>>>> articles that seem to have fabulous content, but all of the links to 
>>>> them simply redirect to the maddening HPE PDF that summarizes 
>>>> current documentation resources, and I haven't found a long-lasting 
>>>> repository for the Wizard stuff.
>>>>
>>>> Any tips on digging those up?  Am I missing something obvious?
>>>
>>> Some bozo foresaw that happening, and added the archives onto the 
>>> Freeware.
>>>
>>> https://www.digiater.nl/openvms/freeware/v70/ask_the_wizard/
>>>
>>> Various of the ATW answers are becoming increasingly dated and not to 
>>> be depended upon.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Pure Personal Opinion | HoffmanLabs LLC
>>
>> Thank you for the link and thank you (or whoever was the "bozo" if not 
>> you, heh) who archived that material!
>>
>> It's interesting and useful from a historical/educational standpoint 
>> even if dated...
> 
> VSI lately published a "VMS Software Inc. OpenVMS Customer Technical
> Support Bulletin" that contained the following text :
> 
> _________________________________________
> Knowledge Management Repository
> A searchable indexed Knowledge Management repository of HPE and VSI
> knowledge is currently under construction. Access to the knowledge
> database access will be available to VSI direct support customers in Q3
> 2019. Hundreds of articles from VSI and HPE will be available at launch
> in Q3. There are over 18000 additional articles loaded that require
> vetting and will be available in the knowledge base over time.
> _________________________________________
> 
> I sure hope that the "Ask the wizard" material fill find its way in
> there...
> 
Interesting.
I hope this knowledge base will be accessible for all from internet.

And by the time the robots will redirect the old broken links to that base.

Because it's another big problem now to have lot of links broken or 
redirected to the awfull pdf you know.

A major negative point for VMS: not any rapid answers on it by google. 
In the same time for all other OS, langages, software the professionals 
use google as qick links.

I hope the mention "to VSI direct support customers" is just temporary.