>>Mark Zelden wrote: ><snip> >> >> I don't think I've ever seen a statement that indicates IBM won't do >> something like that again with z/OS. >> ><snip> > >John Eells wrote: >You haven't seen one that says we will, either (grin). Back >then, DFSMSdfp was a "nonexclusive element" with its own product >number so that it could be ordered separately. Now, it's not. >
I started using IBM operating systems around 1980 and was taught to expect change. My mentor told me, 'IBM goes through cycles of bundling products together and then unbundling them.' When I first installed DB2 V1R2 it came with utilities that are now separately orderable. Even if I read a statement that declared they do not plan to unbundle or bundle something, plans and statements can change. The good news for me, with z/OS, is how much easier it is to order. And since I am not looking to pick and choose my own levels, happily install what comes on ServerPac. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
