Re: moving libraries from user asp to system asp

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 12:56 AM 01/27/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Al,
>
>>1.      You are correct.  The only way to move libraries from one ASP to 
>>another is to save the libraries, delete them and then restore them 
>>specifying RSTASP(1).
>
>  Isn't there a WRKASP command (or something like that) that allows some 
> ASP manipulation?  Or is it only for overflow?

(RANT(*SEMI-ON)

The WRKASP stuff was an another attempt to put stuff outside of OS/400, and 
sell it separately.

As is typical in these cases, it did not sell well, and had lost it's 
luster.  It's unclear to me if it is still marketed.

Just about every time that IBM tries to get greedy, they fail.  The notable 
exception to this is option 26 of OS/400, which is the part of OS/400 that 
makes queries run over multiple processors on n-way systems.  Nevertheless, 
this is not installed on enough of the n-way systems to be termed a real 
success.

For example, option 22 of OS/400 (the stuff that allows save from system 1 
and concurrent restore to another networked system) is not installed on 
most networked systems, even though now it is free.  It used to be 
chargeable, and when effectively nobody bought it, IBM decided to give it 
away.  As most upgrades are done using the "automatic installation" method, 
most people don't have it.

IBM needs to get smart, and keep adding function to OS/400, and not 
optional, chargeable portions of it.  Maybe someday IBM will learn, and 
hopefully it will be before they go bankrupt.

RANT(*FULL-ON)

Maybe someday in their greed, they will sell the AS/400 Division, and then 
those of us who invest in it will kick the entire computer industry's 
asses, as it is the best computer architecture in the world.

RANT(*OFF)

Al




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