On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:28:31 -0700, Edward Jaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... >> ... [So it's in R8 that existing programs using 1-byte IDs will >> fail.]" > >John, I really don't like your choice of words here. IMHO "fail" and >"fail outright" do not accurately reflect what really happens... >... But automation of such messages may fail - not work at all or not work as expected. I need to reread that brief explanation you referenced, but I think I also need to find a more detailed explanation and what it means to automation. (Is there a Kevin Kelly in the crowd?) I don't have sympathy for vendors still using 1-byte console ids (They need to be dragged, kicking and screeming, into the 1990s.) but customers of those vendors' products still have to survive. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
