It will have any effect.....Management missed mark on OS2 think they would change now..politics /bottom dollar / profits only if you spend days/weeks/months/years of wasting time justifying a no brainier --- pin heads with no insight --
From: Patrick Spinler <spinler.patr...@mayo.edu> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 11/10/2009 02:34 PM Subject: Re: zSeries OS licenses, Was: Re: ch-0.0.0e21 (TX in ch_action_txretry): Busy Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alan Altmark wrote: > > Bottom line, zPDT is available only to software vendors (ISVs). So, end result, there's no inexpensive desktop viable evaluation, training or hobbiest option available for non ISVs, period. - From the amount of traffic in this this thread, it sounds like I'm not the only person who'd appreciate having such a thing available. How can we customers request such a thing from IBM? If enough customers ask, I'd hope IBM management would at least consider making such available. - -- Pat -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkr5zgQACgkQNObCqA8uBsyXsgCggNPdhKYyTlKaB8cxuwOWPYs+ s0gAnRug58elgSODTHpLrzHk6MRJ+ZHc =raeD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Email Disclaimer This E-mail contains confidential information belonging to the sender, which may be legally privileged information. This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity addressed above. If you are not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of the E-mail or attached files is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390