John, In a nutshell, the 'red pill' was a big change and the 'blue pill' back to the mundane world..nothing changed
Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com ________________________________ From: "McKown, John" <john.mck...@healthmarkets.com> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 5:23 PM Subject: Re: Authorized functions I never saw any of those movies, so the meaning is unknown to me. John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets® 9151 Boulevard 26 . N. Richland Hills . TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone . john.mck...@healthmarkets.com . www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets® is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Ford > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 4:22 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Authorized functions > > Sometimes I wonder if IBM took the 'blue pill or the red > pill'...from the Matrix...lol > > > Scott J Ford > Software Engineer > http://www.identityforge.com > > > > ________________________________ > From: "McKown, John" <john.mck...@healthmarkets.com> > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 5:11 PM > Subject: Re: Authorized functions > > TSO is archaic and was, IMO, not "well designed". Well, it > possibly was back in MVT days. But it has not advanced with > the times along with the rest of z/OS. > > And it depends on why you want to use TSO in a batch program. > I would guess it is just so that you don't have to re-invent > the wheel. Depending on what you want to do, you could > possible use BPXWUNIX to invoke a UNIX REXX program which did > an ADDRESS TSO to run the APF authorized TSO command. This > will work. I do it myself at times. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets® > > 9151 Boulevard 26 . N. Richland Hills . TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone . > john.mck...@healthmarkets.com . www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain > confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail > and destroy all copies of the original message. > HealthMarkets® is the brand name for products underwritten > and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, > Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West > National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA > Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Ford > > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 3:34 PM > > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > > Subject: Re: Authorized functions > > > > Tony, > > > > I dont want to knock IBM but for us developers this is UGLY ... > > Maybe the problem is they never intended for it to be called > > that way ... > > > > FWIW,, > > > > Regards, > > > > Scott J Ford > > Software Engineer > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
