Keith,
There are a plethora of reasons. I'm no expert but the benefits are
pretty exciting...
Integrity improvements
Performance improvements
Function improvements
There are some specifics to each of these areas. Not sure if the
Redpaper covers it or not. If not then we should no some of the
specifics soon.
Pretty significant changes. I'm sure it will cause some issues but
there are a whole slew of enhancements. I am interested to see how the
market handles it - this may separate vendors from the crowd.
IBM has put some significant efforts into this. I'd recommend anyone
looking at the benefits before getting to wigged out.
Michael Crump
Manager, Computing Services
Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc.
1509 S. Macedonia Ave.
Muncie, IN 47302
765.741.7696
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Carpenter
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 2:32 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: New redpaper: i5/OS Program Conversion: Getting ready
fori5/OSV6R1
Rich Loeber wrote:
In earlier days, removing observability was a not-to-uncommon way
to
conserve on disc space.
3rd party software is often shipped unobservable. Both to save space
and protect intellectual property from disassembly.
Current vendors will no doubt offer V6R1 upgrades. At least we are
warned.
It will be interesting to learn why the forced re-encapsulation.
Keith
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