What??? THIS is IBM's answer??? Connor Krukosky installed a real IBM z890 mainframe in his parents' basement for a grand total cash outlay of about $350. OK, that's only almost free, but if he could do it, why not you? (Well, for one I don't have a basement, and two my parents are deceased.)
Seriously, none of those bullets address the need at all. As @Bigendian points out, Linux on Z is just Linux -- that's the point, isn't it? As he says, if you don't do this with real z/OS, you are thumbing your nose at the next generation. Period. Consider the consequences. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 9:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Why Can't You Buy z Mainframe Services from Amazon Cloud Services? Charles Mills asks: >Is there any good reason IBM could not offer Cloud Z starting at $0? IBM already does. See here for more information: http://millennialmainframer.com/2016/08/mainframe-free-stuff-2016-edition/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
