Thats true, but recent lawsuits in the distributed area had no luck forcing users to run only specific work on bought (owned) hardware, e.g. you can do number crunching on graphic chips, which were initially only intended for graphics work. It would be interesting to see, if there is any way to force somebody to only use certified software on specific owned hardware? Another example that comes into mind is the uncertified use of OpenWRT on any router (DSL/Wireless) in the world. Linksys/Cisco has no way of preventing me from running this linux distribution on my own bought or rented router and make use of whatever the chips on the hardware may provide.
But, time will tell. Denis. -----Original Message----- From: Edward Jaffe <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, Jul 17, 2009 9:25 am Subject: Re: Offload work to zIIP with zPRIME IBM software pricing terms are careful to use the term "eligible workloads". This deliberate use of the language suggests that their pricing terms might *not* apply to zIIPs and zAAPs running anything other than IBM-specified eligible workloads. Time will tell...? ? -- Edward E Jaffe? Phoenix Software International, Inc? 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800? Los Angeles, CA 90045? 310-338-0400 x318? [email protected]? http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/? ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------? 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
