Timothy Sipples wrote: >>Are there any stats on the number of z/OS installs and the number of installs >>that are using z/OSMF?
>The direct answer is no. Actually yes, but NEVER made public. This question has been asked many times without any definitive answers. >IBM obviously has statistics on the number of authorized z/OS licensees. Of course. Otherwise big blue would be called 'small blue'. >IBM doesn't count the number of z/OS LPARs and z/OS z/VM guests as far as I >know. Really? SCRT as submitted by clients can give you that info. Anyways, IBM regurlarly conducts audit to see you're properly licensed and your expensive contract is fully 100% in place. Combine the number of licensees, results of SCRT submissions and results of audits and you have the full picture. That info is of course privileged to a handful lucky IBMers. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
