Thanks Bob, nicely put. Covers my attitude pretty well. As for Sams contention, I'd much rather everybody had a (published) API to use rather than try to dig around and write their own. A lot of that skillset (and knowledge) seems to be disappearing - given some of the threads here over recent times, that seems a lot more of an exposure than using a "legitimate" hook.
Shane ... On Tue, Jul 6th, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Bob Shannon wrote: > > A generalized PC hooking facility seems like an invitation to more > of what customers want to see go away > > IBM has never standardized a way to frontend or "hook" SVCs, but many > vendors have figured out how to do it without stepping on each other. > When work is moved from SVCs to PCs, vendors need to hook the PCs to > provide equivalent function. If vendors stop hooking PCs, the vendor > product goes away. Probably not good for either the customer or the > vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
