Typical legalese for "If you try to replace any part of your production z hardware and software with this PC-based, capacity-limited software-only offering we will sue your behind off!"
Possibly also aimed at countries who don't (or whose "rogue" citizens or military organizations don't) really respect IP. I can think of a few of those around the globe, as I am sure you can. I wonder if the zPDT dongle limitations have been hacked yet. Last I remember reading about the dongle, it limited the effective simulated z processor speed as well as the number of simulated cores to keep really fast x86 systems from challenging real z hardware speed and capacity. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 9:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Rational Development and Test (RD&T) aka z/OS on a PC On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 09:26:01 -0400, Pinnacle wrote: >I've been remiss in not posting this sooner on IBM-Main. I recently >purchased Rational Development & Test (RD&T) from IBM, a product which >allows anyone to run z/OS on Intel hardware. That's right, anyone. You >do not have to own any big iron. Any high-schooler, college kid, z/OS >professional, etc. can order this product and run z/OS on a PC >platform. For ordering details, go to this link: > >http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/ratideveandtestenviforsystz > Where I read: Note: Rational Development and Test Environment for System z can only be used for development, test, employee education, or demonstration of applications that run on z/OS. It may not be used for production workloads of any kind, nor for robust development workloads including without limitation production module builds, pre-production testing, stress testing, or performance testing. "... development, test [but not] robust development ... or performance testing"? I see some blurred lines here. I wonder how the lawyers clarify them? "I know it when I see it" -- Justice Potter Stewart -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
