From: "Edward E. Jaffe" > Craddock, Chris wrote:
> > Hmmm. The IBM "genius" would have been within his/her rights. IBM has > > documented for eons that they "own" names in the A-J range. > > Perhaps. But, coming out of the Matrix into the "real world", one > quickly realizes the IBM packaging "genii" ought to make allowances for > entrenched ISV products that have been around for decades. There's no > way *anyone* at IBM should reasonably expect JCLCheck to rename all of > its modules after 25 years. Ridiculous! The inconvenience to many > thousands of customers won't be worth the satisfaction of being able to > say, "I told you so!" Never stopped them suddenly deciding to start using DIAGNOSE codes that Amdahl just happened to have used. Unannounced and undocumented of course. I'm sure the folks in the labs (both camps) knew what was in use and what wasn't - I just saw the end effects out in the field. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
