Re: File reorgs while file is in use - new in V5R3

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David's going to jump in here pretty soon!  ;-)

Have we forgot the '80s so soon? IBM and Compaq? Reverse-engineering DOS 
and the lawsuits attendant thereto?  (Oooh! legalese!) IBM was the villain 
in those days, M$ was a bit player. Times change. In a few years someone 
else will be the bad guy. Maybe Linus Torvalds?

As a business partner with IBM, we know that it IS big, that it will do 
what it finds profitable. Has it abused the little guy? Probably. Will they 
get away with it? Probably, for a while. It's one of the risks - you avail 
yourself of the opportunities while you can, then move on. When you are a 
flea on the big dog, you kind of need to go along with what the dog does. 
Once in a while you will make it itch, and then make sure you are out of 
the way when it starts scratching.    ;-)

Not complaining, actually!

JMHO
Vern

At 12:11 PM 7/9/2004, you wrote:
> Of course, it might be called something else when a huge company with
> lots of money and resources and lawyers takes over the niche that some
> other company has. Sounds more like Microsoft with every word...