> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Subject: AW: ** ASMA030E Invalid literal usage - > =CL8'MARTINWH' > <snip> > And how does this apply to open operating systems, > such as Linux? The customer might rightly feel that > if he pays for the box, he's entitled to be told how > to use it. > > -- gil
Which is totally simplistic these days. You bought your cell phone, right? Do you really think that you can do anything to it that you want to? And that it is totally documented? In today's "IP is __mine__" world, more and more things are becoming "black boxes". "No user serviceable parts in side." The same with all software which is not GPL (fav rant and I'll say no more in this message). -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM
