On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 2:29 AM, R.S. <r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl> wrote: > W dniu 2011-04-29 04:39, Mike Schwab pisze: > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:01 > PM, Paul Gilmartin> >> It doesn't provide any z/OS training/experience. >> > It's got to be slower than Linux/Intel, doesn't it? >> -- gil > Hercules / > MVS 3.8 would provide 90% of the training you need. > Everything you learn > would be applicable to z/OS. IMHO not. The system has changed singificantly > over last 30 years. "Concepts" are fine, but real work with z/OS requires > those things which arrived after 3.8, these are not optional bells and > whistles. BTW: I suspect that it's a kind of euphemism/inhonest with all > those Hercules+zLinux, Hercules+MVS 3.8, etc. The king is naked: People use > Hercules for z/OS! Even IBMers. Is it illegal? That's why they don't say it > loud. Disclaimer: the above does not mean "every user of Hercules", but at > least "some users". Disclaimer2: I DON'T use it. Main reason: I have > unlimited access to real mainframe with sandbox LPAR. I see no reason to > bother with emulator. Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz,
As long as you work at a shop with a licensed z/OS, you do have the right to test on a box of your choice, or for DR testing. -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
