MVS Tools and Tricks of the Trade The focus of this column is to provide MVS practitioners with useful tools and ideas, to expand their horizons within this trade. The column emphasizes "a different view" of MVS System Programming. Often, "IBM says you can't" do something, and you really can, using available tools, which are often free for the downloading and installation. Each month's column provides information that is useful to both newbies and very experienced hands with decades of experience. Of course, everyone in-between is also included.