> Some years ago, prior to IBM's adoption of the vendor table, I went > to a > conference. During my absence the local CA salesman, who happened to > be > golfing with the company president, talked him into doing performance > measurement on our MVS system. One of my systems people installed > their > software; nobody noticed that we were no longer collecting accounting > data, or printing billing information on the jobs. Since then I place > eye-catchers in control blocks, and check for their presence. Some > diligence after installing new software suffices to keep things safe.
I guess we have been luckier, never had a conflict. We also have eye-catchers that are checked for on each access. -- Richard
