I'm sure that I don't know much about this topic. Let me just ask then how it is that IBM can "ALLOW" z/OS to run on a PSI machine. If PSI totally on its own writes firmware loaded at IPL time to allow z/OS to run on an Itanium 2 dual core processor, then why couldn't the customer buy z/OS and run the software on the machine. Of course the customer would be taking some risk because the support would probably have to come from PSI primarily and not IBM. Seems to me like in the Amdahl days each machine was assigned a "Capacity ID" by IBM and that was used for pricing of software. Have things changed? Am I way off base?
I guess my main question goes back to the word "ALLOW". How can IBM have so much control? Tom Moulder Just another dinosaur out here scraping a living off "z" technology -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 12:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FW: The PSI Letter V4 On Friday, 11/03/2006 at 07:18 MST, "Jeffrey D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I don't understand is if IBM won't allow z/OS to run on > a Hercules system, then why would IBM allow z/OS to run on > a PSI system? Please note that no PSI machines are listed at http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/library/swpriceinfo/hardware.h tml . Before making any assumptions, a customer with questions about IBM software may want to contact IBM. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.26/516 - Release Date: 11/3/2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
