On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:57:43 -0400, Don Williams wrote:

>Many years ago I worked for a company that had Endevor (before CA purchased
>it and changed the name to CA-Endevor). Endevor tracks the relationships
>between source, object, & load modules/objects. When a change is made, it
>will calculate what needs to be re-compiled, re-linked, etc. and do it. It
>does require APF authorization. It invokes compilers, linkers, etc. to
>update protected libraries. Conceptually this is similar to SMP. Of course,
>that does not mean that CA-Endevor is susceptible to the same exposure.
>However, I think that it might be prudent to consider reviewing CA-Endevor
>for the possibility. I'm not familiar with Changeman, but I guess that they
>are competing products. Does Changeman have features similar to SMP? Should
>it be reviewed? Some people may call me Chick Little.
>
Reviewed by whom?  Will IBM make the pertinent information available
(presumably under NDA)?

-- gil

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