Continuing to blaspheme, my theory is that zOS should be able to host such an application, labor being provided by a collective of experienced sysprogs.
We would self-moderate(after all it's our DASD), self-fund, self-install, self-SMPE. Surely someone has a spare garage or basement to donate. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Schmidt Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Re-hosting IMB-MAIN (was RE: z890 2086-160 w/ 2 IFLs on eBay) On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:18:41 -0600, tony babonas wrote: >Why don't we take up a collection to buy an old CPU, zOS and all else >needed, then host IBM-MAIN, RACF-L, CICS-L, VM-L, DB2-L etc etc. >Manpower to support it shouldn't be an issue. > >Possible? Would be a great proof of concept. How much would each of us >have to pony up? > >Imagine the possibilities. Maybe IBM, CA, BMC, FDR et all would be willing >to help out..... You have completely missed the point: the list owner (Darren, in our case) is the true fundamental value to this list. The hardware & operating system are meaningless in our context. The site hosting that hardware/OS is providing us with funding (mostly, lately, to enable pointless off-topic meanderings... but I digress) but it is their funding of the list owner's salary that is the real deal. Moving (or even _thinking_ about moving) somewhere else - without Darren - is borderline blasphemy! -- Tom Schmidt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.6/1231 - Release Date: 1/18/2008 11:55 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.6/1231 - Release Date: 1/18/2008 11:55 AM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
