On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:41:54 -0800, Gibney, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
>Yahbut, and this is as I understood it to be, and whatever. > >It still does not address the primary criticism we get from the squatty >box people. That is: > >IT STILL REQUIRES AN !OUTRAGOEUSLY! !EXPENSIVE! SERVICE, ETC TO GET THE >TIME INTO THE z/BOX!!! > >Which by the way is totally free for any other platform I know about. > >Dave Gibney >Information Technology Services >Washington State Univsersity > Too true. Especially in these economic times. Tell management that something which is absolutely FREE in Windows and every major UNIX environment (excluding z/OS) is going to cost $$$$ to support in z/OS and they simply freak out. Now, I somewhat understand why. Timing on the z/OS platform is a critical resource. On Windows and Linux, it is a bit of "ah, who cares?". z/OS will die if a clock runs backwards. This is so ingrained in the software that I doubt it can every be "fixed". Not so on any other platform that I'm aware of. -- John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
