> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tom Marchant
>
> On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:26:40 -0500, John Eells wrote:
>
> > ....
> >
> >I don't see a particular reason, however, that companies could not
> >*share* an RFDSNPFX. When RFDSNPFX was created (in the
> 1980's, IIRC),
> >I suspect the vision was that we'd use "IBM" and other
> companies would
> >pick their own RFDSNPFX values. But perhaps everyone else
> who is not
> >already using a unique value of RFDSNPFX could use SWVENDOR...or
> >something...so that our mutual customers had to define one
> and only one
> >additional HLQ to install any software on the platform.
> >
>
> For that matter, what keeps any software vendor form using IBM?
The prospect of facing civil litigation and/or criminal prosecution for
trademark infringement?
-jc-
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