Lindy, I agree with all the points you made below, but...
Surely the copy of windows that you are running is fully licensed? Why expect IBM to give it away for free. Dell gives discounts on desktops to employees of companies that buy enough Dell servers from them, but they do not give it away for free, and you still need to include at least an OEM license for Windows. In my Opinion, if you look at the true meaning of copyright - it means that like reading a book, it cannot be done by more than one person at any given time without buying a second copy - everyone should be allowed to use their office license at home, because no-one is going to use their office copy while they aren't there... Yet, does Microsoft allow this... certainly not. Again, why expect it from IBM. Regards Herbie -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lindy Mayfield Sent: 04 Desember 2007 05:13 nm To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: T3 Sues IBM To Break its Mainframe Monopoly I was thinking (dreaming) today about what if when I giving training for MVS stuff and each student had their own mainframe instead of connecting to a central one. We could do so much more. Here is what I wonder. Does IBM want to be a software company, a hardware company, or a service provider? Or what? No matter what, though, making z/OS software accessible for more people to learn can only increase IBM's profits no matter what they want to be. I mean, come one, I'm not going to replace my spread sheets with a CICS application. Anyway, well put, Doc. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Doc Farmer > Sent: 4. joulukuuta 2007 18:13 > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: T3 Sues IBM To Break its Mainframe Monopoly > > I hate to say it, but I hope IBM loses this legal fight. > > Why? > > Come one, be serious. How many of us here would LOVE to have our own > mainframe sitting on a spare laptop, just for bragging rights alone? > "Well, I > just finished up this work on my mainframe, and..." is an ego boost > equivalent > to getting an office visit from the Grace Hopper Cheerleaders! I know > just > having a small test platform like that would be a fantastic addition to > the "cool > factor" that a Supreme Nerd God like myself (as verified by > http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_nq.php ) needs for street cred with the > plastic > pocket protector crowd! > > Come on, IBM! Make that software available to IBM-MAIN'ers, RACF-L'ers, > etc., for $100 a pop, and you'll be able to make at least $20 profit on > each > copy. That'll help your bottom line (not to mention your pre-Christmas > sales, > which I know you depend on for 70% of your annual income) and make > several dozen tech-heads like myself very, very happy! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Elavon Financial Services Limited Registered in Ireland: Number 418442 Registered Office: Block E, 1st Floor, Cherrywood Business Park, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland Directors: Robert Abele (USA), John Collins, Terrance Dolan (USA), Pamela Joseph (USA), Declan Lynch, John McNally, Malcolm Towlson Elavon Financial Services Limited, trading as Elavon, is regulated by the Financial Regulator ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
