I just commented about the MCMG meeting that I attended last Friday. On the
ziip and zaap session that Al Sherkow gave, he talked quite a bit about the
zPrime product, as several people there had seen the discussion on IBM-Main.
He didn't have any knowledge (or at least he said he didn't) about what IBM
was going to do about it, but it looks like the link below gives IBM's
response. I'm really curious how this plays out. Is IBM going to charge
you for stuff you run on your ziip that zPrime routed there, or are they
going to let it slide to try to gain marketshare? Or, something totally
different?
Is anyone running zPrime yet? I suspect if you are, you are sworn to
secrecy.
Eric Bielefeld
Sr. Systems Programmer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
414-475-7434
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Porowski" <[email protected]>
Found this on the web
http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mainframe-blog/ibm-warns-custo
mers-about-neons-zprime/
-----Original Message-----
> If you want IBM's initial response to zPrime, ask your IBM business
partner.
You can get a letter written by Mark Anzani (IBM VP and CTO, System z)
dated July 10.
Paragraph 4 and 5 lay out their position.
Seems like IBM thinks you might owe them more money not less if you
implement zPrime.
Not sure if this is just FUD or not, but sounds reasonable.
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