I certainly do not have one. Inertia perhaps, don't rock the boat is another possibility. I never did get an answer why not: ". . . that's just the way it's always been", so someone in the past made that decision and it has never been revisited.
I fight a lot of battles for our application programmers, I just didn't have the energy to fight that one too. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 4:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Print a SYSMDUMP On 4/16/2021 1:52 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: > PMFJI here, but let me repeat what I have said before on this list - not > every shop permits application programmers to use IPCS. I had to apply for > special permission to use it for a complex production error a long time ago, > but it is not allowed to be accessed by default. > > All you sysprogs and ISV developers of course have it because it is defined > as part of your job, but not every "plain user" management seems to agree > that it should be universally available even to programmers. What is the 21st-Century rationale for not allowing everyone to use IPCS? -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
