Branding is very tricky. (hardware branding
https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/ROXKD4JV, Red Hat/IBM cobranding
https://www.redhat.com/en/about/brand/standards/red-hat-and-ibm-logos, etc)
BTW, despite posting this using my IBM email, I'm posting this using only
externally visible documentation. I like my job.
It is not a secret that IBM called it "PL/X," nor is it a secret that it is now
called "zPLX." (That name is in several redpapers.)
While it usually implies "hardware" when we leave out the slash, that is not
always the case. zPLX is classified as software ("PL/X on System z" is my best
take). "IBM z Systems Advanced Workload Analysis Reporter" (IBM zAware) is
definitely classified as software. I don't see anywhere IBM is classifying
either otherwise.
Phil Smith III wrote:
>No, but if it's "zPLX", that means IBM considers it hardware. Software would
>be "z/PLX".
>
>Besides being pedantic, this is an interesting distinction here: some stuff,
>e.g., zAware, that seems like it's software is classed as hardware.
>
>Michael Schmitt wrote:
>>Anyone have an idea of what the actual name of zPLX is?
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