Van Dalsen, Herbie wrote:
Lindy,
I agree with all the points you made below, but...
Surely the copy of windows that you are running is fully licensed?
Why expect IBM to give it away for free. Dell gives discounts on
desktops to employees of companies that buy enough Dell servers from
them, but they do not give it away for free, and you still need to
include at least an OEM license for Windows. In my Opinion, if you look
at the true meaning of copyright - it means that like reading a book, it
cannot be done by more than one person at any given time without buying
a second copy - everyone should be allowed to use their office license
at home, because no-one is going to use their office copy while they
aren't there... Yet, does Microsoft allow this... certainly not. Again,
why expect it from IBM.
IMHO no one expects to have free z/OS license for "desktop", especially
for "non-home" use. People rather expect the license to be *available*.
FlexES wasn't hobbyist solution (or it was veeeery expensive hobby).
BTW: Solaris is available for free, for non-commercial users. Everyone,
not only employees. Comparison to Dell machines is ...you know. Dell
have to pay for production, have to buy the components.
BTW: I'm not sure about the following, but I was informed, that AIX is
free in term when you have RS/6000 aka pSeries, you are entitled to run
AIX. I heard it from guy who bought second hand RS/6000 (for peanuts)
and wanted to buy AIX. He couldn't, because it's free.
Other people confirmed this opinion, however I have never seen IBM
written statement about it. In fact I've never looked for it.
BTW2: A lot of people, including IBMers run Hercules with z/OS.
Illegally. We can doubt it, criticize it, but this is fact. (no, I don't
do it. No need. I have almost unlimited access to real mainframe).
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