On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:32:07 +0900, Timothy Sipples <e99...@jp.ibm.com> wrote:
>Sorry, it is not technically possible to move to newer hardware and >continue running OS/390 1.3. :-( Have to take issue with you there, Timothy! There are plenty of modern machines that *can* run OS/390. Here's just one example: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/hardware/rack/x3650m2/index.html The IBM x3650 M2 with Hercules software is quite capable of running OS/390. What's more, it will outperform the 2098-A02 in terms of MIPS, floor space, and energy consumption, for about one twentieth the price. Yes, that's just 5% of the price of a small z10 BC including DASD. So if IBM cannot meet the customer's stated requirement (which was to continue running OS/390 on newer hardware) the reason is certainly not technical. It's because of the artificial barriers which IBM's software licensing policy puts in their way. Regards, Roger Bowler Hercules "the people's mainframe" http://www.openmainframe.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
