On 11 June 2010 02:13, Shane Ginnane <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know where John got the pricing (I didn't look too deeply), but I > wonder if this is to be > offered in all regions, or just the 'states ?. > Queries regarding a zPDT (original - er "classic", er maybe we should be > calling it "legacy" > now .... ?) were met with a flat *NO* in Aus.
The big non technical difference is that the original zPDT is strictly for Partnerworld members, but this new offering seems to be directed at regular customers. And yet again IBM is trying to prescribe in ever more detail what kind of computing you can do on your system. Sure wouldn't want any of that "robust development" to happen on this box... I'd want to read the fine print very carefully - for example, how long do those z/OS licences last, and what does it mean when they say "The Rational Developer for System z Unit Test environment requires a copy of either Rational Developer for System z with EGL or Rational Developer for System z with Java to install and operate for each user."? Anyway - so far this is the closest to a "hobbyist" system IBM has to offer. I wonder if just anyone can order one, i.e. do you have to have existing Real Iron? Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
