My guess is you do, because "production compiles" are not allowed on the rPDT (no, I don't think that's the official name, but it works here). And no, I have no idea how they decide that you've done a "production compile"!
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Tony Harminc <t...@harminc.net> wrote: > On 11 June 2010 02:13, Shane Ginnane <ibm-m...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > > I don't know where John got the pricing (I didn't look too deeply), but I > wonder if this is to be > > offered in all regions, or just the 'states ?. > > Queries regarding a zPDT (original - er "classic", er maybe we should be > calling it "legacy" > > now .... ?) were met with a flat *NO* in Aus. > > The big non technical difference is that the original zPDT is strictly > for Partnerworld members, but this new offering seems to be directed > at regular customers. > > And yet again IBM is trying to prescribe in ever more detail what kind > of computing you can do on your system. Sure wouldn't want any of that > "robust development" to happen on this box... > > I'd want to read the fine print very carefully - for example, how long > do those z/OS licences last, and what does it mean when they say "The > Rational Developer for System z Unit Test environment requires a copy > of either Rational Developer for System z with EGL or Rational > Developer for System z with Java to install and operate for each > user."? > > Anyway - so far this is the closest to a "hobbyist" system IBM has to > offer. I wonder if just anyone can order one, i.e. do you have to have > existing Real Iron? > > Tony H. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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