"Ted MacNEIL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED] cell00.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>... > >If a component is removed and renders it useless. it would seem to be, IMHO, that it is germane to the OS. > > That can be stretched quite a bit, even though I agree with the statement. > > Can you use z/OS without TSO? >
Yes, you can, as well as you can without JES. On the other hand, if a system mainly runs CICS, removing CICS would render it useless. Is CICS therefor part of the OS? I think it is useless to try to find a watertight definition of an OS. How should we interprete the question: what part of z/OS is OS, so: what part is 'z'? z/OS *is* the OS. Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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