At one time I think I remember Barton mentioning something about getting a lot of business from smaller shops. Of course, it could be dangerous to trust my memory in a critical situation, I couldn't even remember the command for building an NSS this morning. I had to look it up.
Regards, Richard Schuh -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Jones Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 1:41 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Ops privs A completely uneducated guess would be > 50%, and perhaps as high as 90%. Shops that are already comfortable with the IBM mainframe 'mindset' are much more willing, imho, to consider migrating workload to z/VM and Linux than organizations that have no previous mainframe experience. Schuh, Richard wrote: > Out of curiosity, what percentages of the new licenses are for shops > that fit the category "z/OS shops who bring in Linux and z/VM"? > > Regards, > Richard Schuh > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 12:32 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Ops privs > > On Sunday, 08/26/2007 at 10:18 EDT, David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >>> Bundle RACF??? That might be a blow to the users of VM:Secure and >> other >>> ESMs. >> Is it? Let's think about that: > > The only way it is possible to ship RACF installed and enabled with the > z/VM base is to provide a "snap out" ordering feature (a la z/OS) that > ships with RACF uninstalled and disabled. The "snap out" feature > results > in a price reduction equal to the price of RACF. > > The rules for this sort of thing were ironed out by lawyers in prior > centuries and are well established. > >> 1) The major difference between RACF and the alternatives is that all > of >> the alternatives are easier to use, administer, operate and > understand. > > I'm sorry, David, but your brush is too broad. z/OS shops who bring in > Linux and z/VM usually prefer RACF on z/VM as it is much easier for them > > to use, administer, operate, and understand. Why? Because RACF is > extremely popular with z/OS customers. > > Alan Altmark > z/VM Development > IBM Endicott -- DJ V/Soft
