RE: Hello All,

Tina,
 
Well said. 
 
Though I'm somewhat of a lurker on this list, I always appreciate ANY
question people have.  If someone is kind enough to answer, I always say
"Wow!  I'm glad someone asked that -- now I know the answer". 
 
After being a mainframe operator/programmer/systems programmer for 25 years,
now I find myself facing running Linux on the mainframe.  I have
accomplished this successfully, mostly from Redbooks, but also a large part
from lists like this. Now, there are about seven or eight ways to format a
DASD volume (i.e. VM, VSE, MVS, Linux ext2, ext3.....you get the picture :)

 
We mainframers can be "curmudgeon-ly" at times and now I see that rubbing
off on the Open Systems people.  You just have to take that with a grain of
salt.  After all, we're all here to help each other (at least that's my
utopian view). 
 
David Booher 
Systems Programmer 
Quest  Software 
4320 Winfield Rd, Suite 500 
Warrenville, IL  60555 
630.836.3196 
http://www.quest.com <http://www.quest.com>  
 
Note:  The opinions expressed are solely my own and do not necessarily
represent those of Quest Software Inc.