In a message dated 7/12/2007 8:43:02 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I remember when XA first came out a lot of stuff dealing with 'Hot-IO' went to automatic recovery. A hot-shot consultant had memorised the appropriate manuals under 370. He caused three unnecessessary IPLs, before we showed him the door. I learned a VITAL lessen, then. >> Guess I fold it into the 'continual refinement' category. Probably maybe 90% of each version is unchanged for compatibility. General coding has about 5-10% bugs. So with the new stuff and the untested stuff and the broken stuff the experience and knowledge is knowing when to react or when to investigate. Hopefully lists and search engines make this less arduous than previously but still uncharted waters for most, requiring educated adaptive thought processes. What's the old adage, 'the only thing constant is change'. ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
