Timothy Sipples wrote: <begin extract> I agree with Scott. If the protocol IBM happens to use internally is SNMP, PMNS, or PDQ then that's what it is. But it may or may not stay that way, especially if IBM hasn't documented it. </end extract>
and I must agree. Even if IBM has documented something without also specifying that it is a supported programming interface, it may well, probably will, change. No one who uses a conjecture (based upon black-box experimentation) about how some piece of IBM code works has any right to complain when its behavior changes. That said, such conjectures are often necessary in this OCO era, and the notion that they and code embodying them can always be avoided is without merit. They cannot. What can be avoided are whining complaints about such changes. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
