> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:29 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: PDS vs. PDSE > > On 10 Feb 2010 12:09:58 -0800, hmerr...@jackhenry.com (Hal Merritt) > wrote: > > > > >PDSE's are very useful, as are PDS's. If you don't need the > PDSE features then why bother? You don't see many compelling > business/technical cases to convert PDS's to PDSE's. > > > >My $0.02 > > Other computers didn't need the advantages of PDS's. Nor the > disadvantages.
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