On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Ted MacNEIL <[email protected]> wrote: >>You're assuming that you can only run ONE copy of Linux on a CPU. > > I'm making no such assumption.
Pardon me. Implying. See below. <snip> > While this is all very interesting, it doesn't answer my original query. > Somebody stated that SAS Institute would lose money if they ported to z/LINUX. > I asked why, and we went on a trip down ORACLE Lane. > > I'm still asking why? > Because, regardless of the pricing model, they would/should be new SAS > licences. Because software companies tend to make much of money on maintenance. 100 (say) distributed licenses replaced by 1 z license = less maintenance; the ILC doesn't necessarily cover the delta. Plus some vendors let you move licenses, so they might NOT even be new SAS licenses. (I have no idea what SAS licensing looks like, so none of this may apply, but it's the argument some vendors have used to avoid Linux on z.) And even if they are new licenses, another reason some vendors don't like z is the "once you bought the MIPS, you own 'em" philosophy. How many new Windows licenses have you paid for in your lifetime? (One per PC.) How many new z/OS licenses (one per CEC, no matter how often you've upgraded it.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
