Sent from my iPad On Feb 13, 2012, at 14:53, "Paul Gilmartin" <paulgboul...@aim.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:23:14 +0100, R.S. wrote: >> >> The only application I know that manages extent size - that means using >> some algorithm for extent increase - is MQ Series aka Wbesphere MQ >> (since version 6 AFAIR). >> It would be nice to have such facility in DATACLASS. >> > Nice indeed. And someone else suggested DB2 as another good > performer. > > And now I may add to my list another example or two of IBM's having > a good idea but implementing it in the wrong layer. This should have > been done not in MQ and/or DB2, but in allocation where all applications > could take advantage of it. All this could have been done without > changing the specification of the VTOC and DSCB nor making incompatible > changes to them. > > Conway's Law. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
