I'd like to see all the IBM OSes available in such a manner, not just z/OS.
Unfortunately, I can see this being a logistical nightmare from the IBM side. Even if they charged a somewhat reasonable annual fee (like they are now charging $900/year for the ADCD) that might not be enough to cover costs. Later, Ray -- M. Ray Mullins Roseville, CA, USA http://www.catherdersoftware.com/ http://www.mrmullins.big-bear-city.ca.us/ http://www.the-bus-stops-here.org/ German is essentially a form of assembly language consisting entirely of far calls heavily accented with throaty guttural sounds. --ilvi > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John > Sent: Thursday 29 December 2005 06:42 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Legality of Hercules was (fwd) Hercules 3.03 announcement > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shmuel Koller > > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:40 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Legality of Hercules was (fwd) Hercules 3.03 > announcement > > > > > > I would challenge IBM to put on the Internet and publiclly make > > available a bunch of MVS (virtual machines under VM) Thus > effectively > > allow MVS at home for everyone desiring to develop MVS open-source. > > This will spread also MVS skills which is in IBM interest. > > > > In other words, my new year's comment is sort of Hercules over > > Internet...by IBM itself to obsolete legal discussions. > > > > That would be wonderful. I've always felt that the GNU > utilities (such as "date" as well as other) were far superior > to the IBM supplied versions. I would love to try to port > some of them. I cannot do that at work due to: (1) lack of a > C compiler and (2) lack of CPU resources (which means I'd get > in trouble if I tried). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
