>>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:04 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ceruti, Gerard G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David > > For us folks who are only looking to get z10 late this year early next > 2009, is there not a way to evaluate on a z9.?
For some time now, it has been the case that IBM is willing to provide z/VM for a no-cost evaluation. (And not just z/VM, but IFLs and real storage.) It's just been something of a pain to arrange, since there wasn't an official offering for that, so there was a lot of bureaucracy involved. That option is still available to people that don't have a z10, or likely to have one soon. So, in essence, the only thing that has changed is that z10 owners have a much easier way to evaluate z/VM for a proof of concept project than was available before. Hence, all the wailing and gnashing of teeth and condemnations of IBM for "coming up short" are totally unfounded. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
