Mark Jacobs wrote:
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What is the difference between the Rocket Software Ported tools package
and the one ordered via ShopZSeries?
(Posting on behalf of Jeff Magdall, who saw your post.)
I wanted to respond to the questions you asked about IBM's Ported Tools
offering.
If you look at the IBM Ported Tools offering closely, some of the tools
are down level. Rocket Software has elected to offer more current
versions for some of these tools, and we understand they also offer
optional fee based support. Rocket Software's offering is separate and
distinct from IBM's, and for specific information about it, you should
contact Rocket Software.
The IBM Ported Tools product remains orderable through Shopz. Although
plans can change, IBM has no plans right now to duplicate what Rocket
Software has done. In fact, we are pleased to see others in the System
z community offering popular tooling, and we might, for example, point
to Rocket Software's site for clients that are interested in getting
more current versions.
I will share that we (IBM) are working on plans to update our Apache
HTTP Server and OpenSSH offerings, and we will try to make information
available as we conclude.
Also, I think it's worth mentioning that we worked closely with Rocket
Software to provide them whatever we could from our previous work on the
tools they were interested in. We are pleased to see them contributing
these tools to the z Community and encourage others to join.
Jeff Magdall
z/OS Product Manager & PDT Lead
magd...@us.ibm.com
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John Eells
z/OS Technical Marketing
IBM Poughkeepsie
ee...@us.ibm.com
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