>But since IBM makes the rules, presumably they can gratuitously break them.
Or they can decide how to parse their own rules. E.g., "J-Z Available for non-IBM products" does not say that IBM cannot use these. An unambiguous rule to that effect would be worded thus: "J-Z Available only for non-IBM products. Bill Fairchild Software Developer Rocket Software 275 Grove Street * Newton, MA 02466-2272 * USA Tel: +1.617.614.4503 * Mobile: +1.508.341.1715 Email: [email protected] Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Harminc Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 1:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: relating module prefixes to components and products 2009/11/25 Itschak Mugzach <[email protected]>: > Interesting. IBM used to use product prefixes stating with A to J to > differentiate IBM code form application code. . Now, the are some new ones > starting with 'S'. If IBM is using those prefixes, it would seem to be a violation of the SMP/E Packaging Rules, which clearly says that: -------------------------- A-I When used by IBM, all three characters of the prefix are generally alphabetic (with some exceptions). Can be used by non-IBM products only if the prefix includes at least one numeric or national character. J-Z Available for non-IBM products. The prefix can be all alphabetic or can include numeric or national characters. Note: ZZZ is reserved for the first three characters of generic USERMODs written by customers. Q Used by AS/400 -------------------------- But since IBM makes the rules, presumably they can gratuitously break them. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
