I agree, during my first years at MVS, we still used microfiches to find out what IBM had done / done wrong (in our opinion). It could well be at 1983 that this was hidden from us.
Kees. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of David Spiegel > Sent: 29 November, 2018 15:50 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IND$FILE -- where did the name come from? > > I disagree. OCO, IIRC, started in 1983. > > On 2018-11-29 09:18, Tom Marchant wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:50:07 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > > > >> What's the license status of IND$FILE? > >> > >> If it was delivered before IBM licensed software, customers and > others > >> are free to use it anywhre, even Hercules. > > Browsing the load module reveals this: > > > > 5665-311 COPYRIGHT IBM CORP 1983,1988; LICENCED MATERIAL - PROPERTY OF > IBM, REFER TO COPYRIGHT INSTRUCTIONS FORM NO. G120-2083 > > > > 1983 was several years after IBM went OCO. > > > > That, in turn was several years after they started to license and > charge for some software. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
