Don't you get the impression that for that low price you get a TSOid, complete access to create and update datasets with your own prefix, a z/OS volume on a VM minidisk, and the ability to submit jobs and see the output? I suspect you become one of many TSOid's on one z/OS system with security designed to keep your id isolated. I worked for a vendor over 20 years ago that had a similar arrangement for mulitple TSO ids with a US-based service bureau. Wouldn't the same model work now, wherever it's actually deployed?
I also got the impression that mathrutech is using a service bureau to provide the environment they are reselling. Their warning that you shouldn't meddle with system datasets implies to me that you shouldn't assume you are completely secure in your environment on their system; that they attempted to lock everything down but they can't guarantee it. On 2020-09-02 7:41 p.m., Schmitt, Michael wrote:
So the website is http://www.mathrutech.com/index.html. The pricing seems suspicious to me. Are you sure this is a real mainframe and not an older version of IBM Z Development and Test Environment (or a newer version of Rational Developer for System Z Unit Test), where you’re actually running on a PC? The software list they provide seems to match the RDzUT list. But even here what they’d need to be doing is allowing multiple users to share the same “one” test environment user. IBM’s site says that the personal edition of Z Development and Test Environment runs at least $5,220 per user per year, which is $435 per month. From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> on behalf of FancyDancer <[email protected]> Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 3:41 PM To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Reply to ZoomToSHARE.org session Wed. Sept. 2, 2020 from 11-12 AM EDT I really enjoyed "meeting" all of you at today's session. I mentioned that I have rented time on a zOS system to test some macro code using HLASM. The following is the reply that I received back from my first inquiry into getting access to HLASM. The price offered to me was $50.00 US for one month, and I still have more than a week left! <==================== ORIGINAL RESPONSE ===========================> Hi Dan, Thank you for choosing MathruTech service. Please find below details of Mainframe ID. This ID is valid till 13-Sep-2020, however you can get it extended prior to expiration. IP Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Port: 23 or 8723 ID: XXXXXX Password: YYYYYY DB2 database: DBZZZZZ Tablespace: TSXXXXXX DB2 Plans: XXXXXXA, XXXXXXB, XXXXXXC, XXXXXXD, XXXXXXE, XXXXXXF Predefined CICS resources: Apart from these you can define resources with CEDA under group XXXXXX Program: XXXPGM1 Mapset: XXXMPS1 Transaction: XXX1 File: XXXFIL1 DB2Entry: XXXENT1 DB2Tran: XXXTRN1 TDQueue:XXXT Mappings Txn Program DB2Entry Plan DB2Tran DB2Entry Txn XXX1 -> XXXPGM1 XXXENT1 -> XXXXXXA XXXTRN1 -> XXXENT1 & XXX1 Please make sure using volume XXXXXX for all data set creations. Also ensure any data set allocations should have your ID as prefix. Use your ID name as CICS group name. Data set space allocations should always be in Tracks; for PDS, primary 8 & Secondary 12 should be sufficient. You can find all the compile JCLs in XXXXXX.JOBLIB, member @README will give fair details. Important: Please note that users are advised not to meddle with system datasets, users are supposed to work only with their own data sets. We bring to your kind notice that any violation of this clause will result in ID termination without notification. We request users to kindly comply with this and understand that is imposed from our service provider. Regards, Ramesh S, Mathru Technologies. Mob: +91-9885439898 Web: https://clicktime.symantec.com/3N4XsaXVXyF3UkM34UY7Kcq7Vc?u=www.mathrutech.com Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <==================== END OF RESPONSE ===========================>
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