The intent of my OP was to supply historical information, not to stir up bootless controversy.
APARs were indeed called 'Applied . . . ' before they were called 'Authorized . . .'. The adjective 'applied' once indeed figured prominently in IBM's marketing-organization names: The men and women we now call 'systems engineers' were once, for example, called 'applied science representatives' instead; etc., etc. Let me also note that I stopped posting regularly in this forum chiefly because I found myself feeling and, worse, exhibiting less and less patience with the effluvia of gratuitous, because radically uninformed, responses that my posts too often elicited. I now regret breaching my silence on this occasion; and I shall in the future try to exhibit even greater restraint, limiting myself to an occasional éloge. John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721-1817 USA _________________________________________________________________ Make Windows Vista more reliable and secure with Windows Vista Service Pack 1. http://www.windowsvista.com/SP1?WT.mc_id=hotmailvistasp1banner ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
