RE: [MI400] How does this software work??

["Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

But aren't the data-structures that it's changing part of the IBM software?
Software isn't just executable code, it's the entire environment, no?

-Walden

-----Original Message-----
From: Leif Svalgaard [mailto:leif@leif.org]
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 9:07 AM
To: mi400@midrange.com
Subject: Re: [MI400] How does this software work??


From: Douglas Handy <dhandy1@bellsouth.net>
> >I don't think that's clear. I may have bought a computer that was
> >intentionally crippled by the manufacturer, but once it's my property
who's
> >to stop me trying to uncripple it?
>
> But the software is not your property.  You didn't buy it -- you licensed
the
> right to use it, under specific terms which were agreed to in writing

FAST400 does not change any IBM software, but "tunes your interactive job"
i.e. YOUR job description or whatever.

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