Steve, My skin is thicker than that -- no apology necessary, but thanks for the offer. I agree that off-track threads are a notorious problem on ibm- main.
My mind was wandering around the problem (maybe I shouldn't have posted so early) because the issue was so off the wall. I'm wondering if they might be better off getting a used 9672 G4 or G5 from a junkyard somewhere to bring up a copy of MVS/SP v3 + DFP 3.2 before they do a "drag & drop" move of the data center? They can't run that level of MVS on sufficiently new hardware to merge it into their existing data center (I hope) but they could run it on rusty old hardware for a few months (or longer) while they study it in motion (and remove the emotion in the process). I wouldn't want a business to depend on such old software - it is far less reliable than z/OS (in spite of some recent postings here) and I'd expect zero maintenance from the vendors beyond old tapes. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 09:50:44 -0500, Steve Arnett wrote: >Tom, > I was not picking on you. I was trying to get the thread back on >track. I was curious about the correct answer to the question and did >not feel that the thread was going anywhere. After my post(not because >of it, mind you), I saw some superb posts that laid all of the >difficulties out, including some useful alternatives. I apologize if I >offended you in any way. > >Steve A. > >Tom Schmidt wrote: > >>Steve, >> >>The answer to his question was no. I expanded on some issues he could >>expect to find - some sooner, some later. ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
