I need a cardiac jump start...... ____________________ Jim Hughes 603-271-5586 "It is fun to do the impossible."
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 7:19 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: High Level Assembler On Tuesday, 10/26/2010 at 05:52 EDT, "Hughes, Jim" <jim.hug...@doit.nh.gov> wrote: > Just when I thought it was safe to go back in the water...... > > All this started when I asked if we were licensed to use the HL > Assembler Toolkit on our z/OS system. I used to be in the flow of the > hardware/software process and I knew these things but no more. It just > happens. Oh, and I should point out a few other things: - HLASM is a single product, "High Level Assembler for z/OS, z/VM, and z/VSE". I *think* it is licensed under Flat Workload License Charge (FWLC), which means it has a flat rate *per machine*. On the same CEC you pay a single price and can run it under all 3 OSes on the same CEC without limitation. - I believe that there are MVS-only and VSE-only features that enable the product to fall under the MVS-specific and VSE-specific license structures - The Toolkit is licensed under the same structure as HLASM itself, whatever that may be. - Only your hairdresser knows for sure. "Things change." - I forgot to say that HLASM also has a Linux feature now My good friend Chuckie tells me that nothing more confusing [to him] than trying to predict the cost of MLC software from IBM. He says he has special tools to help him, but even then he often gives up and go to the folks in IBM who actually figure this stuff out For Real. [This is why you contact your rep, your BP, or you call the 1-800 number. The equations and the theories underlying them are beyond mortal ken.] Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott
