Re: is operating system always to blame, was: Ready to scrap

["Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxx>]

Eric, there is a difference between an application being locked up
and the system being locked up (although to the end-user, there is
no clear difference). The *SYSTEM* should NEVER lock up. An IPL
should never be *necessary* (although at times advisable).

----- Original Message -----
From: <eric.delong@pmsi-services.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: is operating system always to blame, was: Ready to scrap


>
>      I'm sorry, but I can't agree with the assumption that the OS is
>      always the problem. An application (poorly designed or implemented)
>      can and will produce unacceptable results regardless of the
>      underlying OS. Just as an example, an application allocates
>      resources (data area, dspf, user space, etc) then neglects to
>      release them. Another user runs the same app and their session
>      appears to have frozen. User thinks the computer has failed while
>      in fact, the OS has done exactly what it was supposed to do.
>
>      Had an operator change a jobpty to 1 once. System became
>      non-responsive, esentially locked until the job finished. Should
>      the OS be considered at fault for accepting a valid value that
>      produced undesired results? I think not.
>
>      eric.delong@pmsi-services.com
>
>
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> Author:  <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> at INET_WACO
> Date:    7/24/00 1:26 PM
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> From: <pytel@us.ibm.com>
> > Daniel,
> > of course it is unpleasant when application locks up the system.
> > But is operating system always to blame ?
>
> IMHO, yes.
>
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