I'm reliably informed there's more UNIX-related content planned for z/OS 2.1 than is listed in the preview announcement. The preview announcement is evidently what IBM feels comfortable describing at this stage, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a bit more. (I'm speaking only for myself, as always.)
Also, you have to read IBM announcement letters in their totality. z/OS UNIX substantially benefits from new features and improvements that are listed in other sections besides the section labeled "UNIX." For example, are the ISPF-related improvements involving much more support for ASCII and Unicode highly relevant to UNIX? You bet, but they're listed in a different section as I recall. zFS, Unicode, and z/OS Management Facility (to pick three examples among several) all have tons of UNIX relevance -- even exclusive UNIX relevance -- but they're listed in other sections. For example, z/OSMF is being enhanced to make it much easier to submit jobs directly to z/OS UNIX. Is that a UNIX enhancement? Sure, I think so, and also because z/OSMF is something that lives in UNIX. (And in z/OS 2.1 it'll be much easier to install and get up and running because it'll be Liberty packaged. The WebSphere Liberty Profile is very convenient.) The stream I/O extensions are described pretty well in the preview announcement, I think. Even if they aren't, all should be clear by September. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples Consulting Enterprise IT Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
