On Jul 28, 2009, at 4:03 PM, Graeme Moss wrote:
The company I work for is very tight with money (eg they don't pay
me what I would like to receive) and the section I work for
(Software Factory) only gets hand-me-down mainframes. I can see the
situation arising where our clients who are on a z10 will want z/VM
6.1 but the Software Factory only has a z9 to run on.
Questions
1/ Do you think z/VM 6.1 could be installed under Hercules under
Linux on a z9 ?
2/ Do you think IBM would allow it since it is not production?
I'm going to echo and put a spin on something Dave Wade said:
I'll bet IBM would love to give you access to a z/VM 6.1 image if
you're a recognized z/VM software vendor, almost as much as they'd
give you dirty looks for trying to use Hercules to avoid a HW
purchase, or whatever it is you're trying to avoid.
Just a thought,
Nick
