"Alan Altmark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > People who want to develop commercial software for z/OS, z/VM, and z/VSE > need to become members of PartnerWorld for Development (PWD). The > whole purpose of PWD is to promote the development of products on our > platforms. PWD is the "channel" that provides goods and services for > developers, including highly-discounted software (up to 100%) and advance > copies of new software. >
PWD is for businesses, not hobbyists or students, or people who just want to tinker. Inventors are not always business people (and vice-versa). Therefore, PWD is really not the answer to the question that was posed. I think the attempted point is - how does one go from being a hobbyist/student/individual inventor to a commercial developer (ISV) in the mainframe world? There is no avenue for this, at present. The *only* route is to work for an established business. This takes us back to the question about hobbyists and inventors - who are not the best candidates for existing commercial development companies that want 'efficient coders', not inventors. Just my two cents... Regards, Dean ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
