On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 8:21 AM Gord Tomlin <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On 2020-04-09 07:05, John McKown wrote:
> >> If your objective is to do something interesting and mind-stimulating in
> >> your newly enlarged spare time, then there are massive number of open
> >> source projects you could contribute to. There's a very good chance that
> >> some such projects line up well with your outside interests.
> >>
> > Ain't none of z/OS, unfortunately. At least as far as I know.
> >
> CBT? Zowe? Zigi?
>
CBT is sort of open source. Well, it is open source. But when I think of
open source, I think of collaborative projects like I see on Github. I can
download a CBT file and modify it, then send my updated source to Sam for
inclusion. But there isn't the history like a Github project.
I'll look at Zowe and Zigi. This is the first I've heard of them.
To me, the biggest problem for z/OpenSource {grin} is the lack of an
affordable platform for developers. The z/OS license fees for something
like a zPDT are way beyond my ability to pay. And even if I had the money,
IBM won't license to just anyone. IIRC, you must be a Business Partner or
soe such thing.
The above is why what little I do anymore is Linux on Intel.
>
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