The Moshix channel on Youtube.  https://www.youtube.com/user/moshe5760/videos

Even the old operating system stuff still applies to modern systems.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 6:56 AM Timothy Sipples <sipp...@sg.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> Everyone likes free stuff, right? Please reply to this message with your
> nominations for the new, bigger, even more exciting 2020 edition of "Free
> Stuff for Your Mainframe." To get you started (in other words, to let you
> know about the freebies I surely know about already), the 2016 edition of
> this particular list is posted here:
>
> https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/andrii-vasylchenko1/2016/08/16/free-stuff-for-your-mainframe-2016-update
>
> Nominations are welcome in all of the following categories (and likely a
> couple more that I haven't thought of):
>
> * oriented to the machines themselves (e.g. IBM HMC Mobile, Feature Code
> 0115)
>
> * whole operating systems and tools that can start up on their own (e.g.
> ZZSA)
>
> * for all 5 major operating systems (z/OS, z/VSE, z/TPF, z/VM, Linux on Z)
>
> N.B. For Linux on Z I'll probably limit this particular list to software
> that has some reasonably specific IBM Z and/or IBM LinuxONE affinity,
> and/or affinities to other IBM Z operating systems and their workloads.
> LXCMS is one possible example in that vein.
>
> * for mainframe middleware (Db2 for z/OS, CICS TS, IMS, MQ, WAS for z/OS,
> etc., e.g. SupportPacs for CICS and MQ)
>
> * for various subsystems and tools (e.g. ISPF add-ons such as Zigi, RACF
> tools such as PWDCOPY)
>
> * programming languages (e.g. IBM Open Enterprise Python for z/OS)
>
> * handy sample code, such as useful REXX scripts
>
> * programming libraries, modules, and tools (e.g. Rocket Software's Git
> for z/OS)
>
> * free mainframes (e.g. the LinuxONE Community Cloud, the Master the
> Mainframe Learning System)
>
> * tools for mainframe storage
>
> * public cloud services with mainframe affinities (e.g.
> https://optimizer.ibm.com )
>
> * mainframe planning and estimation tools (e.g. the IBM Z Batch Network
> Analyzer)
>
> * free security-related tools and offers with mainframe affinities (e.g.
> free TLS certificates, as long as you can actually use them in z/OS RACF
> for example)
>
> * free mainframe-related books and education
>
> * free "abandonware"
>
> * trialware and "juniorware," but only if it offers real, material value
> (this'll be a personal judgment call)
>
> * client device-installed software that has mainframe affinities (e.g. IBM
> Explorer for z/OS, terminal emulation software, development tools, etc.)
>
> I'd like to hold a Webcast to highlight a few of these gems, probably
> sometime in late August or September (2020), repeated a couple times to
> cover various timezones better. During this Webcast there'd be a few
> quick, ~5 minute demonstrations of mainframe freebies. If you're
> interested in having 5 minutes of additional fame and would like to
> volunteer to show off your favorite freebie(s), please reply to this
> message indicating your interest.
>
> Nominations close on July 31, 2020. Thanks, everyone!
>
> - - - - - - - - - -
> Timothy Sipples
> I.T. Architect Executive
> Digital Asset & Other Industry Solutions
> IBM Z & LinuxONE
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> E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com
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