George:
That's interesting to me that you would suggest IBM will give z/VM for
free to hospitals. I am presently consulting at a hospital that is
moving away from z/OS and moving their primary applications to the
mid-range.
I would like to get the to look at using the mainframe for Linux, under
z/VM.
Could you provide me with a link or reference to the IBM program or
policy that is proposing this offering?
Mike Myers
Mentor Services Corporation
(919) 341-5210
On 3/5/2010 12:23 PM, George Henke wrote:
It wasn't until zLinux popped up that I started working with VM again,
which
I think is getting more and more common, so the dual skill set is>making
a come back.
You're absolutely right, Mark. I know a very large financial company who is
doing just that after the project was languishing for 6 years.
Also, it should be noted, that IBM offers z/VM virtually for free to
hospitals and universities as long as they use it for "research".
So you will find z/VM and z/OS living happily together at such institutions
which is where I installed z/VM 5.4 last November.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Mark Zelden<[email protected]> wrote:
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:24:51 +0000, Ted MacNEIL<[email protected]> wrote:
No, I wouldn't call it popular, but I wouldn't call it rare either.
I have worked on VM off and on throughout my career.
Outside of IBM, I've only met two people with VM and MVS skills.
This is in the Greater Toronto Area, over the last 30 years.
To me, that's rare.
That is your experience, which is what you are writing about. I will
say it is much more rare these days than it was 20 years ago. At least
in the Chicago area. There used to be a lot of shops running VM along
with MVS (and hence many sysprogs with experience in both) but many
of them got rid of VM. The last full time VM I supported was VM/XA but
I also worked with VM/ESA and VM/HPO not long after that but there
was a full time VM sysprog that really supported those environments when I
worked on them.
It wasn't until zLinux popped up that I started working with VM again,
which
I think is getting more and more common, so the dual skill set is making
a come back.
Mark
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