Eric, There never really were any "Technical" issues with running 64-bit under FLEX, it just worked. The issue, and why Tom gets around it, is a "legal & licensing" one. IBM will only allow PWD members to run a FLEX in 64 bit mode. If you were a small shop that wanted to run z/OS under FLEX for "production" work (assuming that production isn't compiling and testing software products), then you were limited to only 31 bit mode. Again, limited smarts in IBM on this. Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Moulder Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 4:41 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: FW:A Letter To The FLEX-ES Community I work with a company that is running a FLEX-ES and z/OS 1.6. Guess they got the issues worked out. Tom Moulder -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric N. Bielefeld Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 4:37 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: FW:A Letter To The FLEX-ES Community This surely seems like a good way to start killing the mainframe. Get rid of the developers of software products for your system. Also, get rid of all of the really small companies off the mainframe that will never now grow into large customers. There doesn't seem to be a lot of smarts in IBM in some areas. I have a question. I know this has been discussed in the past, but I haven't heard any updates lately. Does the FlexEs product legally run z/OS in 64 bit addressing mode yet? The last we discussed it on IBM-Main, if I remember correctly, you couldn't run 64 bit addressing mode, meaning z/OS 1.6 and above wouldn't run on it. Why would IBM want to kill off their smallest customers? It just doesn't make sense. IBM is sure sending a lot of mixed signals! Phil Payne - where are you? Eric Bielefeld Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer Milwaukee Wisconsin 414-475-7434 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.13/463 - Release Date: 10/4/2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
