On Tue, 5 Mar 2013 16:16:50 -0500, John Gilmore wrote: > >It does not much interest IBM's management, I suspect because it is >not the focus of 'interesting' activity. Moreover, it is not a profit >center. It generates no identifiable revenue stream; it is instead >'given away' as a part of the operating system (which is of course >paid for). > I had understood that, new with MVS/XA, HLASM was not "'given away' as a part of the operating system", but a separately priced prerequisite. Has that changed, or was I mistaken?
TNLs? Did someone say it's harder to update electronic documentation than hardcopy? Fairly long ago, I understood that in parts of the aviation service industry mechanics were allowed to print hardcopies of electronic manuals, but that it was a serious offense to retain them beyond an explicit expiration date. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
