John McKown wrote:
​IMO, FWIW (other acronyms​ omitted) I would love something like z/PDT for
a home user. The "problem" that I perceive that IBM has with such a thing
can be summed up as "somebody could use that to make money developing
software and I won't get a fair cut."
That's why I used the example of a kid writing a z/OS Setup program on
his home machine. There's no way he's going to pay for z/PDT or rent a
VM guest, so he goes off and learns Java on Android. He could be
writing a z/OS program to save a manager from hearing "It will take 3
months to install". Seems to me IBM would benefit in the end, perhaps
greatly.
But Skip mentioned this home-use subject has been brought up at SHARE
many times, so I'm sure anything I could think of has already been
thought of.
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