Phil, Thnaks for pointing that out, I scanned that page, and missed the description, however I was looking at the program description in the application for the specific programs, and it states: "Program Intent The Remote Development Program is intended soley for testing solution provider developed software in an z/OS V1 R8 environment. Remote Development Programs (RDPs) allow selected solution developers the opportunity to test their software in a new environment thus supplementing porting, migration or regression test efforts."
The use of the word "soley" in this seems pretty unequivocal to me. All I can say is that the two descrptions seem to contradict each other, so the truth is probably in the middle. Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 5:49 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Another article on the Flex/IBM issue Wayne Driscoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >While this service is a great start, in the description it clearly >states that this is to be used to TEST developed solutions, not as a >product development environment. Kind of a catch-22 at this point, w/o >other access to an IBM system, you won't have a product to test. Huh? In the description it clearly says: "The Remote Development Program expands the breadth and quality of z/Architecture and S/390 solutions and provides ISVs with a readily available and inexpensive environment in which to develop or test their applications." "develop or test" seems pretty unequivocal to me? And it's called "Remote Development Program", too... ...phsiii ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
