Let's turn the mainframe access discussion on it's head.
What would it take for a group of undetermined number of people to form
a co-op, probably as a legal business entity, to acquire legal,
completely above board, access to a mainframe (CPC / LPAR / VM) that
could run z/VM with multiple z/OS guests there in?
The desire is to be able to provide lower cost access to VMs similar to
traditional VPSs for hobbyists and students.
All legal.
All licensed.
All completely above board.
Depending on equipment configuration, all with proper service contracts.
I wonder just how high, or possibly low, the bar would be.
Is it even remotely something a group of 5 / 10 / 25 / ?? hobbyists
could get together and pool their resources and do?
I know multiple people that have CPCs. But they don't currently have
DASD. I think at least one of them has a line on legal licenses for
z/OS for his CPC.
What would it take for one of these people to legally provide other
hobbyists / students access to their systems?
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Grant. . . .
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