IIRC you can’t sell any artifacts (binaries and such) as they must be built on real IBM Z hardware. Perhaps this has changed but it was a terms and condition way to ensure that real hardware is used for real products.
Matt Hogstrom "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” - Hanlon’s Razor > On Mar 25, 2022, at 12:00 PM, Ed Jaffe <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 3/25/2022 8:48 AM, Tony Harminc wrote: >> >> I thought it was pretty clear that what Joseph has, and what I >> commented on, is not the "nobody actually has it yet" Learner's >> Edition, but the long standing Personal Edition. Obviously I was >> wrong. > > Joseph's question/comment was: > > <Reichman> > Why do I have to pay so much money > When the learners edition is only a few hundred dollars > > And they responded well that’s because you have z/PDT personal edition and > can sell software you develop > > If so what makes me different than an ISV > </Reichman> > > So, the "why" of the difference in cost between PE and LE is precisely what > we (or at least I) thought was under discussion. > > As IBM explained, PE allows development while LE does not. > > Sorry if I misunderstood your comment... > > > -- > Phoenix Software International > Edward E. Jaffe > 831 Parkview Drive North > El Segundo, CA 90245 > https://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This e-mail message, including any attachments, appended messages and the > information contained therein, is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient or have otherwise > received this email message in error, any use, dissemination, distribution, > review, storage or copying of this e-mail message and the information > contained therein is strictly prohibited. If you are not an intended > recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies > of this email message and do not otherwise utilize or retain this email > message or any or all of the information contained therein. Although this > email message and any attachments or appended messages are believed to be > free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into > which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient > to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by the > sender for any loss or damage arising in any way from its opening or use. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
