As an unsollicited follow-up, there seems to be a little more going on. Dr Frank Soltis made some comments at COMMON that don't seem to have been reported in the English language press:
http://www.netigator.de/netigator/live/fachartikelarchiv/ha_news/powerslave,id,30572783,obj,CZ,np,archiv,ng,,thes,.html You can wave Babelfish at it if you like. It won't tell you anything more than I posted some months ago in http://www.isham-research.co.uk/mainframe_2008.html - but it's neat to have confirmation. For some unfathomable reason, this story seems to have created waves. -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.co.uk +44 7833 654 800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html