On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 10:40:54 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: >FWIW I think there was pressure from shops with 8-character IDs elsewhere >who wanted consistency on z/OS. > >Not saying it was a good idea, or a bad idea, just sayin' ... > It was underreaching. Incompatibility for a 14% increase and agreement with the worst in the environment.
Most desktop and online systems support far more than 8. IBM is struggling to stay in last place. If necessary map to 7-character internal, but allow much more for entry and display. >-----Original Message----- >From: Jesse 1 Robinson >Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2018 10:14 AM > >I've been an outspoken critic of the move to 8-character TSO userids. Aside >from the belief that it's hugely expensive and mostly pointless, ... > >APAR OA55889 has been taken to correct this particular problem. QED. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
