can no longer view APARS

[robert]

reaaaaaaaaaaally user friendly. what're you guys afraid of??

[Serge Rielau]

robert wrote:

reaaaaaaaaaaally user friendly. what're you guys afraid of??

Can you be a bit more specific?

[robert]

Serge Rielau <sr*****@ca.eye-bee-em.com> wrote in message news:<va*********************@news01.bloor.is.net. cable.rogers.com>...

robert wrote:

reaaaaaaaaaaally user friendly. what're you guys afraid of??

Can you be a bit more specific?

sure.

in the past, before the site was "upgraded", i could browse the
APARS as an anonymous civilian; which so far as ibm is concerned,
i am. while my company has a big deal deal with ibm, they don't
give us ids to access any of these big deal places (ibm is just
one among many).

now, no can do, without submitting to a registration process.

this is *not* user-friendly.

robert

[Mark A]

> > > reaaaaaaaaaaally user friendly. what're you guys afraid of??

Can you be a bit more specific?

sure.

in the past, before the site was "upgraded", i could browse the
APARS as an anonymous civilian; which so far as ibm is concerned,
i am. while my company has a big deal deal with ibm, they don't
give us ids to access any of these big deal places (ibm is just
one among many).

now, no can do, without submitting to a registration process.

this is *not* user-friendly.

robert

Is the same free registration that is needed to download free trials, etc?
I don't see what the big deal is. They are just getting marketing
information so they can better communicate directly with users of their
products (instead of only communicating with the corporate stiffs who
control the purchases). You can use fake names if you really want to.