While z/OS is a licensed product (and probably so is OS/390 and MVS/ESA), check the following page for possible legal alternatives: http://www.ibiblio.org/jmaynard/
I'm not an attorney (especially not an IBM attorney), and thus cannot offer legal advice - so note the use of the word "possible". On the other hand, IBM sales people are often very happy to loan hardware and software for trial periods. It can't hurt to ask yours, or contact IBM or an IBM partner to ask. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Alan Altmark" <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 07/28/2009 03:16 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: VTAM Abend 0C4 under Z/VM On Tuesday, 07/28/2009 at 02:59 EDT, Sergio Lima <sergiovm...@hotmail.com> wrote: > All that We tried to run ZOS17 under Z/VM, was unsucessfuly. > How We said, this is a lab environment for us, that run under Hercules > emulator, and of course, We don't have much support. It's more complicated than that, Sergio. Two points: 1. IBM does not license z/OS to Hercules boxes, and 2. There is no such thing as "free z/OS." It doesn't matter whether you are running z/OS at work, at home, in the lab, on the playground, or in a virtual machine -- there are license charges to use z/OS. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
