I'm the person (aka fool) who opened this can of worms. And, given what has been said, combined with my desire to not take chances and paranoia, I am not even going to consider trying. This was only for a learning experience for me. Once again, deliberately or not, IBM has made it impossible to learn z/OS technologies without paying them, or somebody, for the privilige. One, very real, reason that IBM might oppose compiling Java off-platform is simply because it could cost them money in terms of lost revenue. If you can do your compiles on Linux, then you don't need to do them on z/OS. Which means you don't need the CPU resource to do the compile. Which may mean that you could survive on a smaller processor. Which means less revenue to IBM. I don't really think this is IBM's logic, but hopefully everybody can see where I'm coming from.
If I could, I would totally abandon z/OS for Linux. Be it on a z or other processor, such as Intel. But I'm too old for anybody to think that I might understand "new technologies". And, anyway, a younger, healther person is more cost effective. Hard to argue with that. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
