In a message dated 12/6/2005 12:42:02 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This also has put small z/OS and z/VM operations into a bind - no place to grow except to higher-priced hardware if they want to go beyond z/OS 1.4 (and z/VM 4.4, I think). Hopefully IBM will take (and is taking) steps to help these customers and that someday, in the near future, something will be announced. >> AMEN! Seems like they're just killing themselves(and us too) by not having a low end package for development and testing. Most folks will take the path of best ads and convert to something else, whether it's Oracle/Grid or Blade servers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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