In <[email protected]>, on
09/16/2014
at 06:51 PM, Paul Gilmartin
<[email protected]> said:
>Which are they doing?
They ship the same FMID in different z/OS releases if the component is
at the same level. That way they can ship a single PTF that is
applicable to both releases.
>Why not supply a single SuperC FMID as a component of both products,
They do that for other components; I don't know what's special about
SuperC.
>An IBM employee patiently explained that would be contrary to policy
Branch policy, perhaps; certainly not global IBM policy.
>I can suspect there's a pricing concern.
Or if you're less trusting you might google for "bedbug letter".
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