Back in the old days diesel fuel was sold to farmers, bulk delivered to a home tank, for tractor use only, cheaper and exempt from road use tax. It was color dyed for obvious reasons. Occasionally a pickup truck would be seen in town with a splash of reddish purple around the gas cap.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Denis G äbler Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 8:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Offload work to zIIP with zPRIME I agree, the electrical meter sample with medical plug sounds reasonable, but I unfortunatly I found it after posting my statement. Denis. -----Original Message----- From: P S <zosw...@gmail.com> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Fri, Jul 17, 2009 3:10 pm Subject: Re: Offload work to zIIP with zPRIME On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Denis Gäbler <denisgaeb...@netscape.net>wrote: > Taking the electric meter example. What if I install solar electicity > panels? Am I stealing ressources and bypass the power companies meter? > Am I not allowed to use the electricity that the panels produce, just > because I have a contract with the power company? Or am I not allowed > to replace the old lamps with energy saver lamps, just because I have > a contract with the power company? > Thats difficult. But I am not a lawyer. Just comparing. > No, but that's not a good analogy. The solar panels are more like offloading work to an Intel or AIX box than running it on a processor that you were sold at a reduced price under certain T&Cs. I like the "medical power socket" analogy very much! > > By that definition any attempt to rewrite a CICS transaction to run > parts of the work as SRB would be a violation, since that piece of > software would likely not be eligable by the definition of IBM?! So > with a PC example, do I have to ask Microsoft to write a software that > speeds up the Windows bootup process and sell it? > Or assuming that a=2 0software tweeks an operating systems control block to > e.g. allow to run as zxxP eligable is considered violating some > agreement, any software (e.g. delta VT or Omegamon or Mainview) that > manipulates control blocks for ease of use or saving an IPL (which > burns CPU and > ressources) would be also considered unauthorized software, because > rather than using documented APIs it changes bits in control? blocks > of licensed IBM software and it might over a period of 12 months save > you buying one additional CP? > The courts will (presumably) look at the result, which is pretty simple: non-eligible work is running on a box that was explicitly sold *at a reduced price* with Ts&Cs defining "eligible work". The zPRIME users are plugging their TVs (or more likely their space heaters) into the medical socket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.16/2241 - Release Date: 07/16/09 05:58:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
