On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 07:46:22AM -0800, Frank Yaeger wrote: > John McKown on 01/11/2006 11:23:50 AM: > > DB2 absolutely requires DFSORT for some of its internal functions. > > Syncsort is documented to not work with DB2. DB2 comes with a "subset" > > license for this purpose. I.e. you don't have a general DFSORT license. > See the following Informational APAR for more information on this: > http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1II14047
Is there a description somewhere of why this special, internal-only interface was added? Why should DB2 care what sort product a site uses, to the point of mandating installation and use of an IBM product even if an installation has chosen another? This seems to me to be the same kind of bundling that got Microsoft in such hot water... -- Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.cx http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net http://www.hercules-390.org (Yes, that's me!) Buy Hercules stuff at http://www.cafepress.com/hercules-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
