On 3 October 2013 15:33, David Crayford <[email protected]> wrote: > Support is important if a customers wants to run open source in production. > But that hasn't stopped the masses. Just look at Linux > and just about every important piece of software of the last decade or so. > It's a tangible idea, but needs to be backed by paid support > just like Rocket are doing with ported tools.
I wonder what level that support needs to be at for people to purchase and use such apps? Maybe if people could get confidence from seeing other people's feedback on the "app store" combined with a contact email address, would that be sufficient in some circumstances? > z/OS is starved of decent tools. Almost every programming language has it's > roots in the 60s, 70s or 80s. It's time for a change. And I > don't mean Java, which isn't really a step up in terms of productivity. Agreed. I know Rexx has a lot of fans for instance but few outside the mainframe world. Would be good to see modern alternatives such as Lua. Cheers, Dave ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
