> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Walt Farrell
>
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:04:12 +0000, Ted MacNEIL
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >>This kind of ambiguity happens fairly often with our software
products
> >>that run on z/OS, in my experience.
> >
> >It shouldn't.
> >Since OS/390 came out almost all the ancillary software is supposed
to
> >have
> the same release number as the OS.
> >
>
> For pieces of OS/390 or z/OS, yes.
>
> But what about "unrelated" products, such as IMS, CICS, DB2,
> and other products IBM produces? E.g., if I remember
> correctly the latestt DB2 release is officially named DB2 for
> z/OS V9. In that case, since we're still on V1 of z/OS the
> ambiguity is easily resolved, but it's still an incorrect way
> to name it, in my opinion,
CICS adds a "wrinkle" to that: Current is CICS Transaction Server for
z/OS v3r2, in which the "internal" CICS-only release level is 6.5.0.
-jc-
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