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Thanks for the nominations, some also coming in via direct e-mail. I'm seeing some freebies that I didn't know about, and that's terrific. Please keep them coming. - - - - - - - - - - Timothy Sipples I.T. Architect Executive Digital Asset & Other Industry Solutions IBM Z & LinuxONE - - - - - - - - - - E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Free Mainframe Stuff 2020: Reply Here with Nominations
We have people using our free WLM to HTML tool pretty much every day: https://www.pivotor.com/wlm2html.html There is also a free tier to our Pivotor performance reporting service as well: https://www.pivotor.com/freeTier.html We also do free cursory performance reviews and of course do regular free webinars as well. Scott Chapman -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Free Mainframe Stuff 2020: Reply Here with Nominations
Is there currently any shareware (try before you buy) for z/OS and, if so, is it in scope for your list? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Timothy Sipples [sipp...@sg.ibm.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 2:56 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Free Mainframe Stuff 2020: Reply Here with Nominations Everyone likes free stuff, right? Please reply to this message with your nominations for the new, bigger, even more exciting 2020 edition of "Free Stuff for Your Mainframe." To get you started (in other words, to let you know about the freebies I surely know about already), the 2016 edition of this particular list is posted here: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/andrii-vasylchenko1/2016/08/16/free-stuff-for-your-mainframe-2016-update Nominations are welcome in all of the following categories (and likely a couple more that I haven't thought of): * oriented to the machines themselves (e.g. IBM HMC Mobile, Feature Code 0115) * whole operating systems and tools that can start up on their own (e.g. ZZSA) * for all 5 major operating systems (z/OS, z/VSE, z/TPF, z/VM, Linux on Z) N.B. For Linux on Z I'll probably limit this particular list to software that has some reasonably specific IBM Z and/or IBM LinuxONE affinity, and/or affinities to other IBM Z operating systems and their workloads. LXCMS is one possible example in that vein. * for mainframe middleware (Db2 for z/OS, CICS TS, IMS, MQ, WAS for z/OS, etc., e.g. SupportPacs for CICS and MQ) * for various subsystems and tools (e.g. ISPF add-ons such as Zigi, RACF tools such as PWDCOPY) * programming languages (e.g. IBM Open Enterprise Python for z/OS) * handy sample code, such as useful REXX scripts * programming libraries, modules, and tools (e.g. Rocket Software's Git for z/OS) * free mainframes (e.g. the LinuxONE Community Cloud, the Master the Mainframe Learning System) * tools for mainframe storage * public cloud services with mainframe affinities (e.g. https://optimizer.ibm.com ) * mainframe planning and estimation tools (e.g. the IBM Z Batch Network Analyzer) * free security-related tools and offers with mainframe affinities (e.g. free TLS certificates, as long as you can actually use them in z/OS RACF for example) * free mainframe-related books and education * free "abandonware" * trialware and "juniorware," but only if it offers real, material value (this'll be a personal judgment call) * client device-installed software that has mainframe affinities (e.g. IBM Explorer for z/OS, terminal emulation software, development tools, etc.) I'd like to hold a Webcast to highlight a few of these gems, probably sometime in late August or September (2020), repeated a couple times to cover various timezones better. During this Webcast there'd be a few quick, ~5 minute demonstrations of mainframe freebies. If you're interested in having 5 minutes of additional fame and would like to volunteer to show off your favorite freebie(s), please reply to this message indicating your interest. Nominations close on July 31, 2020. Thanks, everyone! - - - - - - - - - - Timothy Sipples I.T. Architect Executive Digital Asset & Other Industry Solutions IBM Z & LinuxONE - - - - - - - - - - E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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Hi, I don't think trail-ware should be part of the list, that's not really free and is actually one of the most misleading ways to market a product, for instance the Automatic Binary Optimizer (optimizer.ibm.com) that you listed on the original request. It's not "free". :) Brian -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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The mother lode is cbttape.org, the repository for so much "Free Mainframe Stuff" that we all use, and also many of the links off the cbttape.org main page (e.g., Mark Zelden's excellent offerings, etc.). Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 2:56 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Free Mainframe Stuff 2020: Reply Here with Nominations EXTERNAL EMAIL Everyone likes free stuff, right? Please reply to this message with your nominations for the new, bigger, even more exciting 2020 edition of "Free Stuff for Your Mainframe." To get you started (in other words, to let you know about the freebies I surely know about already), the 2016 edition of this particular list is posted here: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/andrii-vasylchenko1/2016/08/16/free-stuff-for-your-mainframe-2016-update Nominations are welcome in all of the following categories (and likely a couple more that I haven't thought of): * oriented to the machines themselves (e.g. IBM HMC Mobile, Feature Code 0115) * whole operating systems and tools that can start up on their own (e.g. ZZSA) * for all 5 major operating systems (z/OS, z/VSE, z/TPF, z/VM, Linux on Z) N.B. For Linux on Z I'll probably limit this particular list to software that has some reasonably specific IBM Z and/or IBM LinuxONE affinity, and/or affinities to other IBM Z operating systems and their workloads. LXCMS is one possible example in that vein. * for mainframe middleware (Db2 for z/OS, CICS TS, IMS, MQ, WAS for z/OS, etc., e.g. SupportPacs for CICS and MQ) * for various subsystems and tools (e.g. ISPF add-ons such as Zigi, RACF tools such as PWDCOPY) * programming languages (e.g. IBM Open Enterprise Python for z/OS) * handy sample code, such as useful REXX scripts * programming libraries, modules, and tools (e.g. Rocket Software's Git for z/OS) * free mainframes (e.g. the LinuxONE Community Cloud, the Master the Mainframe Learning System) * tools for mainframe storage * public cloud services with mainframe affinities (e.g. https://optimizer.ibm.com ) * mainframe planning and estimation tools (e.g. the IBM Z Batch Network Analyzer) * free security-related tools and offers with mainframe affinities (e.g. free TLS certificates, as long as you can actually use them in z/OS RACF for example) * free mainframe-related books and education * free "abandonware" * trialware and "juniorware," but only if it offers real, material value (this'll be a personal judgment call) * client device-installed software that has mainframe affinities (e.g. IBM Explorer for z/OS, terminal emulation software, development tools, etc.) I'd like to hold a Webcast to highlight a few of these gems, probably sometime in late August or September (2020), repeated a couple times to cover various timezones better. During this Webcast there'd be a few quick, ~5 minute demonstrations of mainframe freebies. If you're interested in having 5 minutes of additional fame and would like to volunteer to show off your favorite freebie(s), please reply to this message indicating your interest. Nominations close on July 31, 2020. Thanks, everyone! - - - - - - - - - - Timothy Sipples I.T. Architect Executive Digital Asset & Other Industry Solutions IBM Z & LinuxONE - - - - - - - - - - E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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Re: Free Mainframe Stuff 2020: Reply Here with Nominations
Do you have a contact address for Moshix? Thanks. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Mike Schwab [mike.a.sch...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 3:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Free Mainframe Stuff 2020: Reply Here with Nominations The Moshix channel on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/user/moshe5760/videos Even the old operating system stuff still applies to modern systems. On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 6:56 AM Timothy Sipples wrote: > > Everyone likes free stuff, right? Please reply to this message with your > nominations for the new, bigger, even more exciting 2020 edition of "Free > Stuff for Your Mainframe." To get you started (in other words, to let you > know about the freebies I surely know about already), the 2016 edition of > this particular list is posted here: > > https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/andrii-vasylchenko1/2016/08/16/free-stuff-for-your-mainframe-2016-update > > Nominations are welcome in all of the following categories (and likely a > couple more that I haven't thought of): > > * oriented to the machines themselves (e.g. IBM HMC Mobile, Feature Code > 0115) > > * whole operating systems and tools that can start up on their own (e.g. > ZZSA) > > * for all 5 major operating systems (z/OS, z/VSE, z/TPF, z/VM, Linux on Z) > > N.B. For Linux on Z I'll probably limit this particular list to software > that has some reasonably specific IBM Z and/or IBM LinuxONE affinity, > and/or affinities to other IBM Z operating systems and their workloads. > LXCMS is one possible example in that vein. > > * for mainframe middleware (Db2 for z/OS, CICS TS, IMS, MQ, WAS for z/OS, > etc., e.g. SupportPacs for CICS and MQ) > > * for various subsystems and tools (e.g. ISPF add-ons such as Zigi, RACF > tools such as PWDCOPY) > > * programming languages (e.g. IBM Open Enterprise Python for z/OS) > > * handy sample code, such as useful REXX scripts > > * programming libraries, modules, and tools (e.g. Rocket Software's Git > for z/OS) > > * free mainframes (e.g. the LinuxONE Community Cloud, the Master the > Mainframe Learning System) > > * tools for mainframe storage > > * public cloud services with mainframe affinities (e.g. > https://optimizer.ibm.com ) > > * mainframe planning and estimation tools (e.g. the IBM Z Batch Network > Analyzer) > > * free security-related tools and offers with mainframe affinities (e.g. > free TLS certificates, as long as you can actually use them in z/OS RACF > for example) > > * free mainframe-related books and education > > * free "abandonware" > > * trialware and "juniorware," but only if it offers real, material value > (this'll be a personal judgment call) > > * client device-installed software that has mainframe affinities (e.g. IBM > Explorer for z/OS, terminal emulation software, development tools, etc.) > > I'd like to hold a Webcast to highlight a few of these gems, probably > sometime in late August or September (2020), repeated a couple times to > cover various timezones better. During this Webcast there'd be a few > quick, ~5 minute demonstrations of mainframe freebies. If you're > interested in having 5 minutes of additional fame and would like to > volunteer to show off your favorite freebie(s), please reply to this > message indicating your interest. > > Nominations close on July 31, 2020. Thanks, everyone! > > - - - - - - - - - - > Timothy Sipples > I.T. Architect Executive > Digital Asset & Other Industry Solutions > IBM Z & LinuxONE > - - - - - - - - - - > E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: Free Mainframe Stuff 2020: Reply Here with Nominations
The Moshix channel on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/user/moshe5760/videos Even the old operating system stuff still applies to modern systems. On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 6:56 AM Timothy Sipples wrote: > > Everyone likes free stuff, right? Please reply to this message with your > nominations for the new, bigger, even more exciting 2020 edition of "Free > Stuff for Your Mainframe." To get you started (in other words, to let you > know about the freebies I surely know about already), the 2016 edition of > this particular list is posted here: > > https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/andrii-vasylchenko1/2016/08/16/free-stuff-for-your-mainframe-2016-update > > Nominations are welcome in all of the following categories (and likely a > couple more that I haven't thought of): > > * oriented to the machines themselves (e.g. IBM HMC Mobile, Feature Code > 0115) > > * whole operating systems and tools that can start up on their own (e.g. > ZZSA) > > * for all 5 major operating systems (z/OS, z/VSE, z/TPF, z/VM, Linux on Z) > > N.B. For Linux on Z I'll probably limit this particular list to software > that has some reasonably specific IBM Z and/or IBM LinuxONE affinity, > and/or affinities to other IBM Z operating systems and their workloads. > LXCMS is one possible example in that vein. > > * for mainframe middleware (Db2 for z/OS, CICS TS, IMS, MQ, WAS for z/OS, > etc., e.g. SupportPacs for CICS and MQ) > > * for various subsystems and tools (e.g. ISPF add-ons such as Zigi, RACF > tools such as PWDCOPY) > > * programming languages (e.g. IBM Open Enterprise Python for z/OS) > > * handy sample code, such as useful REXX scripts > > * programming libraries, modules, and tools (e.g. Rocket Software's Git > for z/OS) > > * free mainframes (e.g. the LinuxONE Community Cloud, the Master the > Mainframe Learning System) > > * tools for mainframe storage > > * public cloud services with mainframe affinities (e.g. > https://optimizer.ibm.com ) > > * mainframe planning and estimation tools (e.g. the IBM Z Batch Network > Analyzer) > > * free security-related tools and offers with mainframe affinities (e.g. > free TLS certificates, as long as you can actually use them in z/OS RACF > for example) > > * free mainframe-related books and education > > * free "abandonware" > > * trialware and "juniorware," but only if it offers real, material value > (this'll be a personal judgment call) > > * client device-installed software that has mainframe affinities (e.g. IBM > Explorer for z/OS, terminal emulation software, development tools, etc.) > > I'd like to hold a Webcast to highlight a few of these gems, probably > sometime in late August or September (2020), repeated a couple times to > cover various timezones better. During this Webcast there'd be a few > quick, ~5 minute demonstrations of mainframe freebies. If you're > interested in having 5 minutes of additional fame and would like to > volunteer to show off your favorite freebie(s), please reply to this > message indicating your interest. > > Nominations close on July 31, 2020. Thanks, everyone! > > - - - - - - - - - - > Timothy Sipples > I.T. Architect Executive > Digital Asset & Other Industry Solutions > IBM Z & LinuxONE > - - - - - - - - - - > E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Free Mainframe Stuff 2020: Reply Here with Nominations
Everyone likes free stuff, right? Please reply to this message with your nominations for the new, bigger, even more exciting 2020 edition of "Free Stuff for Your Mainframe." To get you started (in other words, to let you know about the freebies I surely know about already), the 2016 edition of this particular list is posted here: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/andrii-vasylchenko1/2016/08/16/free-stuff-for-your-mainframe-2016-update Nominations are welcome in all of the following categories (and likely a couple more that I haven't thought of): * oriented to the machines themselves (e.g. IBM HMC Mobile, Feature Code 0115) * whole operating systems and tools that can start up on their own (e.g. ZZSA) * for all 5 major operating systems (z/OS, z/VSE, z/TPF, z/VM, Linux on Z) N.B. For Linux on Z I'll probably limit this particular list to software that has some reasonably specific IBM Z and/or IBM LinuxONE affinity, and/or affinities to other IBM Z operating systems and their workloads. LXCMS is one possible example in that vein. * for mainframe middleware (Db2 for z/OS, CICS TS, IMS, MQ, WAS for z/OS, etc., e.g. SupportPacs for CICS and MQ) * for various subsystems and tools (e.g. ISPF add-ons such as Zigi, RACF tools such as PWDCOPY) * programming languages (e.g. IBM Open Enterprise Python for z/OS) * handy sample code, such as useful REXX scripts * programming libraries, modules, and tools (e.g. Rocket Software's Git for z/OS) * free mainframes (e.g. the LinuxONE Community Cloud, the Master the Mainframe Learning System) * tools for mainframe storage * public cloud services with mainframe affinities (e.g. https://optimizer.ibm.com ) * mainframe planning and estimation tools (e.g. the IBM Z Batch Network Analyzer) * free security-related tools and offers with mainframe affinities (e.g. free TLS certificates, as long as you can actually use them in z/OS RACF for example) * free mainframe-related books and education * free "abandonware" * trialware and "juniorware," but only if it offers real, material value (this'll be a personal judgment call) * client device-installed software that has mainframe affinities (e.g. IBM Explorer for z/OS, terminal emulation software, development tools, etc.) I'd like to hold a Webcast to highlight a few of these gems, probably sometime in late August or September (2020), repeated a couple times to cover various timezones better. During this Webcast there'd be a few quick, ~5 minute demonstrations of mainframe freebies. If you're interested in having 5 minutes of additional fame and would like to volunteer to show off your favorite freebie(s), please reply to this message indicating your interest. Nominations close on July 31, 2020. Thanks, everyone! - - - - - - - - - - Timothy Sipples I.T. Architect Executive Digital Asset & Other Industry Solutions IBM Z & LinuxONE - - - - - - - - - - E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
