You run just about any system in vbox or VMware we do, including various variants of Linux .. I understand IBM fighting hercules but ...wouldn't it also bring in more business like zpdt does ?
Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD 'Infinite wisdom through infinite means' On May 15, 2013, at 4:51 PM, Phil Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > John McKown wrote: >> According to IBM, you cannot get a z/OS license for a Hercules based >> machine. It has been asked for by many, for a hobbyist environment. > > Right. And Platform Solutions not only proved that IBM wasn't interested, but > that IBM would aggressively fight attempts to exploit loopholes. > >> Another emulator is Boch. It is an x86 emulator. As I recall, one person >> used this to run Windows, slowly, on an old pre-z machine. It would be >> interesting, to me, to have somebody do this on a zEC12 running full speed. >> I don't know if Windows can be licensed on this configuration, or not. > > That's Bochs. Adam Thornton, then of Sine Nomine Associates, did this on an > MP3000 in about 2001: Exchange under Windows under Bochs under Linux for > System z under z/VM. "Slow" doesn't begin to describe it, but Exchange did > (eventually!) come up. > > I believe - but IANAL - that you can run Windows legally in a virtual machine > as long as it's a unique use of that license copy etc. So sure, why not? ("Is > it on an Intel or AMD CPU?" "Um, IBM zEC12, actually..." - now THAT would be > a fun conversation!) > > ...phsiii > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
