Re: Bad History (was: "make" question)

2017-12-18 Thread Seymour J Metz
To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Bad History (was: "make" question) On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 16:58:15 +0800, David Crayford wrote: > >... I would pick gmake 9/10 because it's pervasive and more >portable. If you work with open source software on z/OS gmake is a must >have. > I imagi

Re: Bad History (was: "make" question)

2017-12-16 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 18:29:37 -0600, John McKown wrote: >> >> RFE: We want UNIX. > >​Not as I was told. U.S. Government said, basically, you can only bid a >POSIX compliant (and branded?) system for any I.T. purchase. To keep their >business, IBM grafted OpenEdition (original name) onto MVS. As

Re: Bad History (was: "make" question)

2017-12-16 Thread John McKown
On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 16:58:15 +0800, David Crayford wrote: > > > >... I would pick gmake 9/10 because it's pervasive and more > >portable. If you work with open source software on z/OS

Bad History (was: "make" question)

2017-12-16 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 16:58:15 +0800, David Crayford wrote: > >... I would pick gmake 9/10 because it's pervasive and more >portable. If you work with open source software on z/OS gmake is a must >have. > I imagine: RFE: We want UNIX. IBM: Be more specific. Both: (After much deliberation)