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> On Aug 6, 2014, at 9:45 PM, Thomas Conley <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On 8/6/2014 9:45 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>>> 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
>> 
>> -- gil
>> 
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> 
> Gil,
> 
> No blurred lines.  We asked for a Personal Use license (some called it 
> Hobbyist, a pejorative term that I think held us back) for z/OS, and IBM 
> delivered.  You can't use it for commercial development or production. You 
> can use it for testing and education.  That screams Personal Use to me.
> 
> Regards,
> Tom Conley
> 
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