Unless IBM considers the hardware center to be the true profit center
and the software side profit to be a non-issue.
Tony Thigpen
-----Original Message -----
From: Edward M. Martin
Sent: 04/13/2006 12:10 PM
Hello Alan,
This is somewhat of a vent.
Why does IBM Decision Makers drive smaller Clients away from IBM
(specifically z/VM and VSE)?
The big software about a year ago was CRM. Customer Relations
Management (and other names).
Peter Ducker (Business GURU up in Colorado) indicates that there
is only one PROFIT Center in any organization. That is a CUSTOMER
willing to pay for your product.
It does seem (to me) that IBM has customers willing to pay for a
product that IBM has, and IBM is saying 'NO'.
Ed Martin
Aultman Health Foundation
330-588-4723
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ext. 40441
-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
Behalf Of Alan Altmark
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 11:58 AM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: FLEX-ES and z/VM 4 or z/VM 5
On Thursday, 04/13/2006 at 12:44 MST, namueller
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I have to install a new application, which is only supported under
z/VM
4 or z/VM 5, on a FLEX-ES box. Today we are using VM/ESA 2.4.
Now i can't order z/VM 4 because this Version was withdrawn from
markt
at end of march 2006.
z/VM 5 is not allowed for using on a FLEX-ES box.
Any idea is very much appreciated.
It's not that z/VM V5 is "not allowed" on a FLEX-ES box, but rather
that
z/VM V5 requires z/Architecture, which you do not have. It really
does
use z/Architecture instructions and facilities that are not present
in
S/390..it's not an artificial requirement.
And before anyone suggests that you run FLEX-ES in z/Architecture
mode
(oops! too late!), neither Fundamental Software (the makers of
FLEX-ES)
nor your IBM Business Partner are empowered to fix this for you.
Only
software vendors who are a member of IBM PartnerWorld can get FLEX-ES
licenses for z/Architecture. This is an IBM-imposed restriction.
Back in July of 2005 we announced that "z/VM V4.4 will continue to be
available after the availability of z/VM V5.2. z/VM V4.4 will not be
withdrawn from marketing at this time and will continue to be
supported
until September 30, 2006." Then, on December 6, we announced the
withdrawal of z/VM 4.4.
Unfortuantely, I have no alternatives to offer. (Unless you'd like
to
install a small z890? ;-) )
Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott
