Dave is a bit evangelical - nothing wrong with that I guess as, like the rest of us, he has to eat. I'm a little in agreement with John; seems it's getting harder to get the bucks spent (initially). As I've said before, sometimes I wonder how ISVs survive at all - especially the smaller/newer ones.
For myself, I stay handy with the minimal "standard set" of utilities I need to do my job. I go into a reasonable number of different sites, and sometimes for only a short while. Expecting them to have my favourite tool(s) is generally a forlorn hope. Even getting access to something handy can be a problem sometimes - like the cbt site, or Marks handy REXX. Sometimes you just have to work with what you have. Nothing new there. 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
