On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 2:23 PM, PeterH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 5, 2008, at 7:12 AM, Dennis Myhand wrote: > >>>> Perhaps zero cost for the hardware, but IBM will charge you one >>>> hundred thousand dollars PER MONTH, or more, for the software >>>> license. >>> >>> >>> Even if I don't give it a line to call home? ;-) >>> >> >> You only have to pay that if you use IBM's software. By then, I'm >> sure >> there will be "other" software available. > > If that hardware is System/370 (perhaps the earliest usable hardware > at this point), then you DO have to option of using certain System/ > 370 software which is public domain, and that generally means MVS/370 > Release 3.8j. > > It is still very capable software, bit it is still over THIRTY YEARS > OLD. > > Any software after that will be a Program Product, and will be > charged-for, even though it may be an unsupported release. > > Certain System/390 products are much, much more current, but all of > that is Program Product. > > Same comment for z/System. > > Bottom line: you might be able to pick up some IBM enterprise-level > servers (or systems) on ePay, or elsewhere, for a song, or even for > free, but you will pay for the software license at the current > "tier", which is low for single processors, and is proportionally > much, much higher for 16-way processors [ * ] . > > IBM software does not "phone home", but IBM has its ways of > discovering illegal use of its Intellectual Properly, and I > personally know of at least four cases where IBM sued for violation > of its IP license terms and conditions, and the settlement amount was > $500,000,000 (yes, five hundred million dollars) for each count. > > The actual license charge would have been much, much less, of course, > but IBM received a stepped-up settlement on the basis of a blatant > disregard for its IP rights. > > [ * ] A relatively full suite of operating system and utility > software for a dual processor System/370 could be $120,000 per month. >
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