> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Bob Shannon > Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 12:21 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Offload work to ziip > > Some people seem to think they are going to get something for > nothing. IBM provides specialty engines for limited purposes. > Does anyone really believe they will purchase a specialty > engine at reduced cost and then be able use it to run > unlimited work? Specialty engines do not count against > aggregated CPU capacity. Does anyone really believe that > every other vendor (including IBM) will allow their products > to run on specialty engines without paying an upgrade fee? > > Bob Shannon
That's my feeling as well. IBM created IFLs, zIIPs, and zAAPs for specific purposes. Getting around that, even if legal (as I assume it is), is simply going to invite some sort of "retaliation" from IBM and vendors. Such as discontinuing their use or charging for MSUs, or (my way) doing something sneaky in the microcode to cause the "bypass" functionality to fail. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
