Re: Elimination of PDM/SEU in favor of WDSC/RDI

[CRPence <crp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

  I not only use PDM as an /operations tool/ but for customer support. 
 I always hated signing on to any customer system where PDM was not 
available.  Of course the most important thing for that, was being 
absolutely *sure* I reviewed and/or replaced the options file to avoid 
accidentally invoking something horribly wrong [e.g. AJ for me is 
WRKACTJOB, but it could mean anything in someone else's options file]. 
Sadly I did something like that recently, but the options on the 
customer system were for some reason not alphabetic; Eeeek! I did not 
look into that.  I think that some people in IBM support are going to 
really hate their jobs if they notice the WRKxxxPDM features become even 
more scarce on systems.

  Seems like a good opportunity for a tool vendor or an open source 
project.  Maybe then there could be a /position-to/ in the options and 
something enabling options to be active specific to the level of LIB vs 
OBJ vs MBR.  And perhaps actual commands with CMD() parameters that 
implement ADD & CHG for the user defined options; maybe there was some 
design limitation that I am not aware of, for which UIM panels versus 
command panels were preferred.?

Regards, Chuck