I interpreted "little user" as "average Windows desktop user". I don't think Ze'ev was trying to be pejorative, just trying to indicate a person who isn't a techno-geek like most of us on the list.
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Gerhard Postpischil <gerh...@valley.net>wrote: > On 11/25/2013 8:36 PM, Ze'ev Atlas wrote: > >> From the little user point of view, he/she knows the name of the >> file. As a matter of policy in most facilities (probably all), all >> files that the little user do and/or care for are cataloged and are >> somewhere in the DFSMS managed storage. Thus, if he/she needs the >> file, all need to be done is mentioning the name. The 44 character >> name is indeed a stupid limitation that need to go away. The same >> thing about stupid limitation is the lack of standard catalog in >> Unix. That limitation needs to go away. >> > > 1) "little user" sounds pejorative - was that your intent? > > 2) the 44 character limitation for the data set name is a justifiable > limitation based on the original S/360 hardware and software limitations. I > would hardly call it "stupid". However, I would welcome your detailed > strategy for eliminating it, and what limit, if any, would you compromise > on? How would you redesign the catalog, VTOC, JCL, etc. and justify the > cost of the near rewrite of the OS and many user programs that use the JFCB? > > Complaining is easy, but developing a viable solution isn't. By > comparison, a *nix catalog facility would be child's play. > > Gerhard Postpischil > Bradford, Vermont > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- This is clearly another case of too many mad scientists, and not enough hunchbacks. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
