Timothy Sipples wrote: >1. Activation keys. In order to make Microsoft Windows Server fully operable >you need a license key and must "activate" your installation of Windows.
You forgot Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 10. >2. Hardware-based key sensitivity. If you "substantially" or materially alter >the machine configuration, or you move your installation to another server, >you typically need to re-activate your installation. Provided you're not running the same copy at another machine at the same time. You have about 30 days to fix your internet connection to "activate" your system. In the meantime you're sitting with a crippled windoze system. >3. Moot. z/OS 2.2 has no activation keys. When you receive z/OS 2.2 you >receive all elements, including optional elements that require additional >licensing such as z/OS DFSORT. ... > ... With z/OS YOU have full technical control over your license entitlements > to optional elements via a configuration data set. IBM does not assume you > are untrustworthy (i.e. require keys to unlock features), ... SYS1.PARMLIB(IFAPRDxx)? I could 'active' elements if I wish, but surely I will be caught out by big blue. One of our clients was having a debugging problem about 10 years ago. They asked me to 'activate' the IBM debug tool. Sorry, I could not help them, even while IFAPRDxx is open for me and ready to be changed if I wish. We fixed that problem with usual debug methods. >Importantly, z/OS does not have artificial hardware limitations. Very good for DRP purposes. What's more, unlike the other type of machines, the CEC boxes have spare CPUs if you wish to activate them. >4. Goodness, no! If you want to send dumps, traces, etc. to IBM Support you >can, but you must expressly choose to do so, and you choose exactly what data >to send (and what not to send). With one catch - you must give up any rights to the data send over to IBM. IBM can do whatever they want with the data you send to them. Read the fine print. >Customers simply e-mail those reports to IBM if they choose to do so. Or to IBM LMS website. > ... could we all start using words/terms that reflect reality and stop using > words/terms that are highly misleading at best? Really? Your company is also using the phrase 'Open System'. Do that on *all* discussion sites and other websites like Wikipedia, YouTube, etc. Write an article and publish it in magazines, newspaper, etc. I recently had to explain that 'form factor' has other meaning in IBM parlance during an audit. :-( Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
