On Monday, 09/11/2006 at 03:02 AST, Rick Troth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The point gets lost every time Alan and I butt heads on this:
We have matching calouses. :-) > I should have re-iterated "tracks and records" (out of band), > which is obviously useful IFF the applications have that level > of access, but which are NOT USED by applications on CMS, Linux, > or most other operating systems (going beyond zSeries here). > So apps don't have access, so is rendered useless if not > intrinsically so. I would agree that, architecturally, EKD (ECKD minus the "key") has no more value than FBA and simply adds overhead. > > And, finally, it represents another programming interface that must be > > tested and documented. "Uselessness" is in the eye of the beholder. :-) > > This point does not hold water: > You support the FBA programming interface for V-DISK, not for > (nor even in spite of) idealistic dreaming would-be customers. I thought we were talking about *hardware*....something that could take a CD/DVD. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
