>From zPrime press release > > NEON zPrime is 100 percent compliant with IBM specifications, rules > and conditions for System z processor access to assure a seamless > environment that makes IMS, CICS, TSO/ISPF, DB2, batch jobs and NEON > IMS utilities workloads eligible for processing on zIIPs or zAAPs.
And then Al added: > Neon Enterprise Systems is not using the API in zPrime. They have > invented a new way of enabling work for the zXXP engines and that > is a 'trade secret' of Neon Enterprise Software. I'm surprised it's taken this long. But I'm also surprised some-one like Neon did it; their legal eagles must have had a fun time combing through all the IBM covenants. It's not like IBM is totally averse to resorting to the courts. When the zIIP first came out with a restricted percentage of eligible work actually dispatched on the zIIP, it was obvious people would be looking to "better" use the engine(s). zAAPs and new eligible workloads made this even more obvious. I can't be the only (non-ISV) customer sysprog that has thought "I wonder how that works - might be handy here". Pity none of us has the spare time and machinery to have a play. Shane ... (just noticed Brians post) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
