Hi Mike, Nice talking to you again.
I don't know whether it was free or just inexpensive and therefore "virtually free" (no pun intended). One of the university hospitals that has it is Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. They might know. Infact, they have a LINUX under z/VM project going on there. I will check around for you and see if I can find out the IBM program that offers this. On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Mike Myers <m...@mentor-services.com> wrote: > George: > > That's interesting to me that you would suggest IBM will give z/VM for free > to hospitals. I am presently consulting at a hospital that is moving away > from z/OS and moving their primary applications to the mid-range. > > I would like to get the to look at using the mainframe for Linux, under > z/VM. > > Could you provide me with a link or reference to the IBM program or policy > that is proposing this offering? > > Mike Myers > Mentor Services Corporation > (919) 341-5210 > > > On 3/5/2010 12:23 PM, George Henke wrote: > >> It wasn't until zLinux popped up that I started working with VM again, >>> which >>> I think is getting more and more common, so the dual skill set is>making >>> a come back. >>> >>> >> You're absolutely right, Mark. I know a very large financial company who >> is >> doing just that after the project was languishing for 6 years. >> >> Also, it should be noted, that IBM offers z/VM virtually for free to >> hospitals and universities as long as they use it for "research". >> >> So you will find z/VM and z/OS living happily together at such >> institutions >> which is where I installed z/VM 5.4 last November. >> >> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Mark Zelden<mzel...@flash.net> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:24:51 +0000, Ted MacNEIL<eamacn...@yahoo.ca> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> No, I wouldn't call it popular, but I wouldn't call it rare either. >>>>> I have worked on VM off and on throughout my career. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Outside of IBM, I've only met two people with VM and MVS skills. >>>> This is in the Greater Toronto Area, over the last 30 years. >>>> To me, that's rare. >>>> >>>> >>> That is your experience, which is what you are writing about. I will >>> say it is much more rare these days than it was 20 years ago. At least >>> in the Chicago area. There used to be a lot of shops running VM along >>> with MVS (and hence many sysprogs with experience in both) but many >>> of them got rid of VM. The last full time VM I supported was VM/XA but >>> I also worked with VM/ESA and VM/HPO not long after that but there >>> was a full time VM sysprog that really supported those environments when >>> I >>> worked on them. >>> >>> It wasn't until zLinux popped up that I started working with VM again, >>> which >>> I think is getting more and more common, so the dual skill set is making >>> a come back. >>> >>> Mark >>> -- >>> Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS >>> mailto:mzel...@flash.net >>> Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html >>> Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >>> Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > -- George Henke (C) 845 401 5614 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
