> One of the Flex resellers told me that IBM "fixed" the Hercules problem by > giving all those employees a copy of Flex-ES to run on their laptops. For free, of course.
It seems logical that part of the agreement between FSI and IBM would be a number of free copies of Flex-ES for IBM's use. What their status is now is not clear. IBM strictly bans its employees from installing unauthorised software on company systems - a sensible precaution for any company. It also bans employees from using their own systems for work purposes. In theory, using Hercules was always a dismissable offence. IBM isn't always that strict, of course, it wants its employees to innovate. But tolerating such widespread abuse became impossible - especially when it became public. If the agreements between IBM and Fundamental prove completely void, of course, IBM will find itself having to replace Flex-ES in its internal applications. I gather Software Division at least is not planning on this. My money is on IBM's Indian Intel-based development not shipping before 2008 - I think 1Q or 2Q 2007 total fantasy. And even then it most likely won't have the FakeTape, printer emulation, ECPS:VSE and so on that make Flex-ES so valuable, over and above simple zArchitecture emulation. -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.co.uk +44 7833 654 800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
