> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of John Baker > > Actually, CICS was available for OS/360. > > John P Baker > Software Engineer > > "the first centralized security system, Customer Information > Control System (CICS), was introduced on the S/390." > > This is news to me. I always thought CICS was an online > transaction system which was introduced on the S/370 or even > earlier. JC, feel free to chime in.
I don't recall that CICS was ever offered as a "centralized security system", though it did provide its own internal "security" via the CICS sign-on table. For a fairly complete history of CICS development from inception to present day, surf to <http://www.yelavich.com> and cruise the "history" links. -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
