I guess what really peeves me is not that the stats are invalid - although that is certainly disturbing to say the least. That is clear (to me now).
What really is unconscionable is Mark's admission that IBM has known this for 30+ years and has not cared or bothered to fix it yet. Mark's response (whether he likes to admit is or not) and IBM's response seems to be "shame on you for using our bogus [for John] numbers", and never "shame on us for knowing about this for so long and just not giving a rip". A lousy disclaimer in one paragraph of one manual is hardly notification to end- users who might need this kind of information that what IBM is providing them is ... um, again ... bogus. Not having fixed this in 30+ years (according to Mark) is both arrogant and sloppy on IBM's part. I wonder where the disclaimer paragraph is that I missed about SMF stats, RMF stats, and ever other statistic IBM provides disclaiming it's validity too. -Dave ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
