On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:29:13 -0500, Rich Smrcina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro te:
>So I take this to mean that SHARE will no longer accept requirements >against REXX on z/OS since it appears that it will no longer be >enhanced? I find that very interesting (surprising)... was there an >announcement to that affect? > >Alan Ackerman wrote: >> This message was posted by Alan Ackerman on behalf of Kenneth Tomiak, >> SHARE Rexx Project Manager. >> -------------------------- Kenneth Tomiak sent essentially the same email to everyone who was regist ered for REXX requirements at SHARE. He is the SHARE Rexx Project Manager so that const itutes an announcement. I got his permission to post it here. (The only change was to the 'how to contact me' part. He didn't want bots harvesting his email address and sending him spam.) IBM has rejected the last N REXX requirements. I think he decided to sto p beating his head against a brick wall. (Or IBM told him to.) I asked him if the same thing applied to REXX on VM. He said he would res earch that. I'm guessing there is only one REXX at IBM, but I could be wrong. If we wanted to write requirements we could ask for ANSI REXX compliance. But I don't think there is a big chance that IBM would say yes -- unless we could find a business case for making z/VM more attractive to Linux. I've been using Regina REXX on my Mac and I like it. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com
