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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 >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
