On 13 Jul 2009 12:06:02 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Guy Gardoit wrote: >> IBM is probably working on an aquisition plan - everyone has their price - >> IBM just needs to complete the math. >> > >It's entirely possible that some non-IBM entities have known for years >how to redirect arbitrary third-party code to zAAP/zIIP. (Hacking the >"secret" is not Rocket Science. ;-) ) But, nobody wanted to drop a >"bomb" on the industry--until now. > >If IBM allows NEON to proceed uncontested, or rumors begin to circle >about a NEON or zPrime purchase by IBM, we could see numerous copies of >the enabling code, from various sources, appear in the public domain. >This thing could spiral out of control into a free-for-all of >nihilistic, mutually-destructive "zAAPicide"! Wow! 8-)
My attitude towards Ziip and Zaap is that a kludge of the first magnitude was invented so that old work could be penalized while new work which required more effort on the part of IBM could get a break. IBM is already in the position that their current charging scheme may well be accelerating a trend toward newer applications because the cost of change can be justified against the high cost of not changing. >From postings by others on this forum far more qualified than I am to judge, this marketing inspired kludge may well have made z/OS less secure. > >Of course, at that point, everyone's software licensing terms and >conditions will change. zAAP and zIIP execution will no longer be free. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
