> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On > Behalf Of Patrick Spinler > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 3:21 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: zSeries OS licenses, Was: Re: ch-0.0.0e21 (TX in > ch_action_txretry): Busy > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Pat Carroll wrote: > > I agree, it's all about money. It seems to me that an educational > > license would be a *good* long term investment, even if a few are > > abused. Or maybe IBM's commitment to the "NextGen" is not > as strong as > > we are led to believe. > > > > As I mentioned in my first message, it works for Linux: IBM makes at > least some money from reselling and supporting that. I'd argue that > much of the reason for it's popularity is that (versions of it) are > freely available to play with. > > - -- Pat
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