On 15 Sep 2013 22:24:32 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >> much snipped > >I agree with Tom Marchant by the way. All operating systems bootstrap, and >all of them must. Mac OS X 10.7, for example, introduced so-called "full >disk encryption" (FileVault 2). That's nice, except it's not "full": Macs >still need a readable (i.e. unencrypted) skinny boot partition to get >everything going. Maybe someday Apple will shove that unencrypted boot >partition completely into firmware, but no matter where it comes from it's >still the same boot sequence. If there's a useful reason PDSEs (or DB2 as >another example) ought to be available earlier in the z/OS IPL sequence, >let IBM know through the appropriate channels. Enterprise COBOL 5.1 isn't >one of those reasons as far as I can see.
The reason for PDSE at IPL is brutally simple and has been stated here. It is the ability to eliminate PDSs and then with upgrades for ESDS data sets so that there is a GDG capability and the ability to concatenate data sets, the ability for a shop to migrate to FBA devices. Clark Morris > >My views are my own here. My views sometimes change upon consideration of >new evidence. They are not necessarily those of my employer or my dentist. >If I happen not to repeat this reminder, it still applies. > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Timothy Sipples >GMU VCT Architect Executive (Based in Singapore) >E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
