On Tuesday, 08/29/2006 at 12:40 GMT, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >If a component is removed and renders it useless. it would seem to be, IMHO, > that it is germane to the OS. > > That can be stretched quite a bit, even though I agree with the statement. > > Can you use z/OS without TSO?
Why, sure! E.g. my Linux guests can still reach over to DB2 on z/OS if you take down TSO. I don't think that makes the OS useless. I can access my files with NFS. It's true, I wouldn't want to configure a z/OS system without TSO, but it's just one of the interfaces. I have slowly fading nightmares of CARDS and KEY PUNCHES before I was ever introduced to a 3270 and TSO.... :-) Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
