On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:28:58 +0100, Vernooij, CP - SPLXM wrote: >"Paul Gilmartin" wrote in message >> >> 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. > >There is no 'IBM', there is the z/OS lab, the MQ lab and the DB2 lab. If >the DB2 lab needs something or has a good idea and the z/OS lab is not >willing to implement it, the DB2 lab implements it itself (assuming they >at least talk to each other). > That's a close paraphrase of my surmise of Conway's Law.
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