"Serge Rielau" <srielau@ca.ibm.com> wrote in message
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> Lastly the DB2 zOS folks are trapped/blessed with a lot more legacy. The
> word incompatible change is a no-no in these halls, in Toronto we can at
> least wisper it in private.
> With DB2 for LUW there is temptation to learn from past mistakes, yet
> satisfy folks like you. Darned if you don't, darned if you do.
>
> Cheers
> Serge

DB2 for LUW roots began in the OS/2 development lab in Boca Raton. They
could have made it compatible with DB2 for MVS, but they choose not to. The
folks at the OS/2 lab made a lot of "not so smart" decisions. At that time,
there was no one in charge of database architecture across IBM divisions.