On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:33:19 -0500, Peter Relson 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>It is certain that PDS's will exist for the entire life of z/OS (or
>whatever name it might have down the road, if that ever changes 
again).
>
>It is almost certain that PDSEs will never be allowed in the LPALST
>...

But then, PDS vs. PDSE wasn't the original conjecture.  

<snip>
"Other computer companies either did not see this advantage 
or had OS structures that handled it other ways.   

Do we use PDSs now because that's what we have been using for 
decades?  Or is it possible to still keep advantages of our OS and 
go in a different direction?"
<unsnip>

I would interpret "different dirrection" to mean *really* different.

Pat O'Keefe 

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