John McKown pisze:
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But I can't run it. Why? We won't get an IFL. It costs too much. We can't
run it on a CP because we don't have the excess power. And, in any case, it
increases our z/OS MSUs and thus our z/OS software bill. It is cheaper to
run Linux on Intel. And so on. Oh, and despite the really neat Co:Z,
integrating z/OS UNIX with z/Linux "coprocessing" is "difficult".
In any case, it was just the manic ravings of a lunatic, or maybe the
lunatic ravings of a maniac.
As someone stated, the primary need to run it on z/OS UNIX is DATA. I
don't want to run it on another LPAR - this is almost the same as
running it on PC. Same system means same access to data.
Regarding to your "dream" - I would enhance it:
since z/OS is maintained by IBM, the IBMers should do the work. Tons of
work? Yes, but implementation of z/OS UNIX (especially for some guy: we
call it USS <vbg>) was much bigger project.
Enhancement #2: IFL.
USS should work on IFL or zIIP or zAAP...even ICF.
Yes!
It is hard to convince anyone to run anything on "zLinux" - because of
price. But it is even harder to convince anyone to spend money on
mainframe HW and then pay MLC bills for software.
Ask IBMers how often TSM server is on z/OS nowadays. And why.
(ok, you likely won't get an answer)
My $0.02
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