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  3. December 2005

Re: free-format move *USA date value to 6-digit numeric in YMDfor mat

My guess is that the thinking is to avoid the Master Disaster? The worst possible scenario would be to introduce a problem that affects a lot of people. Gradual change, with each release, allows the disasters to be minimized and repaired in the natural flow of the releases. PTFs have got to be expensive for everyone, right? 

Fisher, Don wrote:

But what is the goal here?  IBM wants its customers to stay on current
releases on OS/400, right?  That's good for the platform and good for IBM.
The vast majority of those customers use some variant of RPG, right?
Perhaps the thinking is that enhancements to RPG at each release will
encourage the customers to upgrade releases regularly?

Donald R. Fisher, III
Project Manager
Roomstore Furniture Company
(804) 784-7600 extension 2124
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