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Sorry for the autocorrect issues > On Mar 26, 2018, at 16:14, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can't get Windows on 3480 cartridge?!? > > That does it! We're converting to TRSDOS instead. > > Charles > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Gibney, Dave > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 1:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Software Delivery on Tape to be Discontinued > > And just exactly how do they expect to get Windows? Microsoft is basically > subscriptions services noadaays. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Edward Gould >> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 1:40 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Software Delivery on Tape to be Discontinued >> >>>> On Mar 26, 2018, at 2:23 PM, John Eells <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:33:23 -0500, Edward Gould wrote: >>>>>> "IBM plans to discontinue delivery of z/OS platform products and >> service on magnetic tape on July 1, 2018. ..." >>>>> Congratulations to IBM. This sounds the death nell for z/OS at this >>>>> install. >>>>> What will you do instead? >>> >>> (I'm not sure why I can't see Ed's post, so I copied the above from >>> another.) >>> >>> First, we are still delivering these things on DVD and have no >>> current plans >> to stop doing that. So, if that was your concern, a connection to the >> internet from z/OS is not required. >>> >>> In addition to that, you can take a laptop outside your firewall, >>> download >> stuff*, bring the laptop back in, connect to your internal network, >> and upload it to z/OS to be processed. A connection from z/OS to the >> internet is not required for this, either, and it's probably faster >> than waiting for a DVD to arrive. I don't have actual numbers handy, >> but the data volume for most orders is probably less than you need to >> download for a Netflix movie in SD. >> If you are ordering the gorilla in the room (z/OS itself), it's about >> what you need for a few Netflix HD movies. >>> >>> Then, if you are willing to buy hardware as David Boyes outlined, >>> you can >> perhaps do it that way. I have no knowledge about these products, and >> we have not tested that approach, so I do not know whether or not it >> works. If someone has tried it, I'd be (academically, I'll admit) >> interesting in knowing about the outcome. >>> >>> * "Stuff" = Products, PTFs, HOLDDATA, etc. >>> >>> -- >> John: >> Between the Auditor and the CEO they are of one voice. No outside data >> (include DVD’s) are allowed. They have been quite vocal in this and >> insists it be their way or noway. >> Ed >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
