> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tom Moulder
>
> 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?
IBM owns the software, "lock, stock and barrel". If you want to "drive"
it, you comply with IBM's Ts & Cs (Terms & Conditions).
It's sort of like driving my car: I grant you a "license" to drive my
car, but YOU (and nobody else) may drive it only from "here" to "there"
and back, and only on these specific roads, and only during that time of
day. If you find these Ts & Cs too restrictive, then drive somebody
else's car.
-jc-
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