In a recent note, Ed Gould said:

> Date:         Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:40:27 -0500
> 
> Agreed. Even take a look an IBM and their completely replacing hole
> lmods  in their "new" UNIXland modules. I was really discouraged to
> see IBM do this. I guess it goes along with the rest of IBM's "OE"
> outlook. I complained once to second level about it and got back an
> answer that essentially said we know what is best.
> 
I dearly wish that SMP/E were Makefile-savvy so it could play
well with others in "UNIXland".

But that's part of a broader issue.  The repertoire of utilities
available in SMP/E (and associated element types) should be
extensible by the customer or ISV (or other IBM product group),
not just by IBM Requirement to SMP/E.

-- gil
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