From: "Geo" 

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They weren't cumulative, and IBM thought that was the way to go because =
it gave people the option to not install a fixpack if it created an =
incompatibility with some application. MS on the other hand did things =
right and made service packs cumulative which forced app vendors to fix =
their stupid apps when something broke. Having been thru that before is =
one of the reasons I keep promoting the idea of current rollups so you =
have one service pack and one rollup to get current. Simpler is always =
better and leave the problems of broken apps to the app vendors.

Even the OS/2ers said they liked the NT way of doing cumulative service =
packs better.

Geo.
  "Rich"  wrote in message news:42feaebf{at}w3.nls.net...
     I didn't realize IBM's fix packs were not cumulative like Windows. =
Maybe my memory is failing but I thought I had applied them that way.

  Rich

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They weren't cumulative, and IBM =
thought that was=20
the way to go because it gave people the option to not install a fixpack = if it=20
created an incompatibility with some application. MS on the other hand = did=20
things right and made service packs cumulative which forced app vendors = to fix=20
their stupid apps when something broke. Having been thru that before is = one of=20
the reasons I keep promoting the idea of current rollups so you have one = service=20
pack and one rollup to get current. Simpler is always better and leave = the=20
problems of broken apps to the app vendors.
 
Even the OS/2ers said they
liked the NT =
way of=20
doing cumulative service packs better.
 
Geo.

  "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:42feaebf{at}w3.nls.net...
     I
didn't realize IBM's =
fix packs=20
  were not cumulative like Windows. Maybe my memory is failing but =
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  thought I had applied them that way.
   
  Rich
   

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