But Mr. Gates sure did try to make IE part of the OS, didn't he?
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
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Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 1:59 PM
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Subject: Re: What part of z/OS is the OS?
On 8/29/2006 2:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The core functions have grown over the years, and the OS has gotten
more
> complex as things like 31 bit and 64 bit came along. What does your
own
> experience lead you to believe is necessary and not...and we come back
to
> it depends. If I have a CICS user, then CICS is part of his or her OS
> cloud.
I will agree that if you require CICS, then your system must have CICS
on it. That does not make it part of the OS, however.
If you require Firefox for some reason on your Windows box, that does
not make Firefox part of Windows, after all, and Bill Gates would
certainly object if you claimed it did.
Walt
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