>So as a curiosity question - if you can answer - is access to a zIIP really >being controlled or is lack of knowledge preventing the masses from rewriting >code so everyone buys as few GP engines as they can and matching zIIPs to >lower ISV costs?
>I am not planning on using one in any code I write, just wondering if only the >larger ISV's can afford to 'use' the API. I believe that the information is being given out under a license agreement at no or nominal charge (not positive about this). It would seem imprudent for someone to write code to an interface that is licensed without having such a license. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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