On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:35:56 -0500, Ed Gould wrote: >On Apr 19, 2006, at 10:19 PM, Tom Schmidt wrote: >> >> Ed, >> >> I suspect that the reason for the rejected support was the fear >> that they would/could add an impediment to system growth (and an >> impediment to a mainframe sale). If they provided a function for single- >> system users that would (or even if it was only feared to be a "could") >> cause issues after the single-system was upgraded to a sysplex that >> would NOT be viewed as a "good thing" (tm) by IBM or customer >> management. As a customer that is referred to as "a career limiting >> move"... IBM has a similar term. >> >> (I am fairly certain this topic has been discussed to death here >> several years ago.) > >Tom, > >You are correct of course *IF* that is the reason. My memory is iffy >in this matter and only recall IBM once explaining why one of the >items could not be done. > >My memory is vague from SHARE as I think IBM did not explain as to >why the rejection. I know I came away from the session less than >satisfied from IBMs' response.
Ed, Chris' very recent post reminded me of the other issue(s). There's a fundamental difference between the started task use of static symbols and the batch job use of static symbols: STCs bring their own initiators so there is usually very little delay between the reference and use, whereas the batch jobs could have between a few moments to several years between reference and use. (The longest that I remember seeing a batch job sitting in an execution queue on a JES2 system was between 1 and 2 years; I got bored and stopped looking after a long while.) With a multi-year lag to execution there are bound to be unforseen issues. With the ability of resolving (FSVO 'resolving') symbols via SMF JCL exits and other vendor mechanisms is there a real need for IBM to spend time on this "problem"? -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
