COBOL has several ACCEPTED from multiple years (and releases) ago. (One requirement that we just revoted on and resubmitted has been ACCEPTED since 1991!!!) LE (in SHARE at least) has NEVER "accepted" a requirement - they just go from "recognized" to "available" (without even getting to announced - even when they are).
Then again, John Ehrman (for HLASM) tends to go from "someone thinking about a good idea" to AVAILABLE - before we even get to vote on the requirement <G>. "Binyamin Dissen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:57:27 -0800 Edward Jaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > :>Ed Gould wrote: > :>> After reading over the above it occurred to me that it might be > :>> faintly possible to look at IBM's response (LRC FO etc) and get some > :>> glimmer of what IBM's plans might be. Other than "accepted" I just > :>> can't see where anyone could get a jump on anything (because of the > :>> nebulous meanings of LRC and FO etc). Chances are "accepted" means > :>> within 6 months and no software/hardware company on the face of the > :>> earth could respond with a product in that short of time span. So > :>> companies really could not gain anything by knowing IBM's response. > > :>In my experience, "ACCEPTED" means "ALREADY CODED". > > Sometimes even REJECTED means already coded. > > -- > Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.dissensoftware.com > > Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel > > > Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, > you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. > > I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, > especially those from irresponsible companies. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
