Re: General AS/400 Question

[Vern Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter

At 09:31 AM 4/16/1998 -0400, you wrote:

-snip-

>I don't know what system state programs that are being shipped.  However, I
>would worry about companies that take a program written by them and on the
>QT change it to a system state program and then change the program back to
>a user state program after they are finished.  Things happen under the
>covers that should not be happening.  There are a lot the things that an MI
>program can do without the users permission.  
>
>As far as I am concerned, security is a mute point when companies are
>allowed to munipulate the state of a program without IBM's permission.  

I've appreciated your comments on this mailing list on many topics. But you
_are_ a competitor to Help Systems. I think you're on thin ground here. I
agree in principle with what you say, but there is also a very strong
conflict of interest here.

JMHO

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401
(612) 371-1111 x480


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