IANAL, nor am I an engineer :) But, I doubt millicode is frozen in hardware. I've always thought it to be machine instructions in "ROM" or what they call "licensed internal code"
Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Ken Porowski > Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 1:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Computerworld: London Stock Exchange to Abandon Windows > > > > But isn't there a legal distinction between translation in memory which > is transient and hard coded (in millicode or silicon)? > > -----Original Message----- > Gibney, Dave > > And, yes John, there might be patent and license implications. I was > asking about the possibility, not the likelihood or legality. And, > don't > those same concerns apply to however zVOS works? > > Dave Gibney > Information Technology Services > Washington State University > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
