I'll grant you the dongle issue (but it's probably unavoidable) and possibly the APAR submission issue (which can be anything from a non-issue to a business killer), but why is Linux/Intel hosting a problem to you rather than a solution?
Just curious. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 2:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Progress Toward z/OS Personal Use License On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:36:19 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote: >The "march" toward a personal use z/OS license takes another step forward ... > >http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/5/897/ENUS212-145/ENUS212-145.PDF > >"... Additionally, the [Rational Developer and Test Environment for System z] > product can now be purchased as a stand-alone entry point into the Rational >development solutions for System z. This lowers the cost of initial purchase, >opening the environment for use by developers, testers, and operations >personnel, and provides an easier path to adoption for traditional mainframe >developers looking to modernize their development and test processes >and infrastructure." > Dongle. Intel/Linux hosted. No APAR support. -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
