Neil Harvey (I think) writes:
> >I second this, and would go further and suggest that s/w vendors should
> >PRE-EMPT these sort of problems by contacting customers currently on support
> >with news of possible conflicts and fixes. Without seeming to single out
> >vendors, the PowerHouse PHRS file problem, and MPEX's %listf, db on Jumbo
> >datasets spring to mind.

Pre-emptive notification would be nice, but I wouldn't need it if all vendors
would put a product/OS compatibility matrix on their web sites (vendors, are
you listening?).
--
Mark Bixby                      E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Coast Community College Dist.   Web: http://www.cccd.edu/~markb/
District Information Services   1370 Adams Ave, Costa Mesa, CA, USA 92626-5429
Technical Support               +1 714 438-4647
"You can tune a file system, but you can't tune a fish." - tunefs(1M)