On Tuesday, 04/12/2011 at 12:17 EDT, "David L. Craig" <d...@radix.net> wrote: > Now we get to wait for the announcements of licensing and support fees > for all the various software available for this platform. That has > the potential to take the bloom off the rose.
IBM is forthright in saying that the virtual servers running in the zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension (zBX) run on PowerVM or KVM hypervisors. It's not another "platform" that the vendors will need to certify, and so you should expect the same licensing model as if these were standalone BladeCenters. If you find that some vendor is trying to price differently on zBX, start asking questions. 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 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicottd
