On 9/10/2018 3:53 AM, Timothy Sipples wrote:
Yes, Zowe needs Node.js for z/OS. Node.js for z/OS is downloadable at no
additional charge, and the Zowe documentation refers you directly to that
downloadable release at:https://developer.ibm.com/node/sdk/ztp -- and not
to anybody's sales representative.
Zowe is in beta release, and it's not vendor supported yet. If you want and
need to obtain a fully IBM supported release of Node.js for general
purposes, great news: it's available. Yes, there's a charge for it, but
it's a different proposition altogether.
Zowe's commercial details haven't been announced or even all decided I
suspect (no inside information here), but it's pretty obvious to me from
the multi-party announcement that Zowe will eventually emerge in some
fashion as ubiquitous on/with z/OS. Let's see how it all shakes out, but
this particular commercial detail isn't something I worry about at all.
There are all sorts of examples of runtime environments that are both
provided at no additional charge for particular uses and available at
additional charge (sometimes only for the vendor support) for general
purpose use.
Tim,
Good to know. When I followed the link from Zowe, I got the node.js
homepage with the Free trial and Contact us for a Quote buttons.
Hopefully the charges will be minimal, so as not to sabotage the Zowe
effort.
Regards,
Tom Conley
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