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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mark Zelden
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> We all know that other platforms can and do some things
> better and perhaps some of those things can be changed on
> this platform. It takes time, money, and enough good reasons
> to do so. Where do you want to see your dollars spent? I
> think I can handle putting a single quote around a unix path
> name in JCL so OS enhancements that meet our business needs
> are addressed first.
Don't forget the "Prime Directive" of IBM "mainframe" OS development:
"Thy changes and advancements SHALT NOT break any 'old' code".
How many Windows apps had to be replaced, extensively "reworked" or
simply abandoned for each of the last few Windows releases? How many
will suffer the same fate when "Vista" is released sometime next year?
Meantime, MUCH 'old' code written for the IBM "mainframe" 30 or more
years ago runs unchanged on the latest release of z/OS, blissfully
unaware of the passage of time....
-jc-
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