There have been collaborative projects on the CBT tape and various Share mods tapes for ages, with people shipping yapes before the universal access to the Internet. The people on some of those projects kept change logs in the comments.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of John McKown [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 9:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: regarding the 'shortage of mainframe talent' 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. > > -- > > Regards, Gord Tomlin > Action Software International > (a division of Mazda Computer Corporation) > Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax: (905) 470-6507 > Support: > https://secure-web.cisco.com/1TwnxefNmnDylQHIPpJW54jxC8WAofasUjQpN25i2HL8jFKZTq_OzS87OGnM2UMQIcZc7-rEQp9sEtTMTtlaQjGZOZvzWRHsdK-06ZEt2z2-lk_CvyUevZr2CTWCTISXTAtPOGMuwkvkNE5fZl70Usqhu2POd4SZ8tXSY0GEacwbisnklqAeIpzfK0D3vGxDE9Yz-4XYS1ATVCLzf8aadG_YzSHpJNalTEeLMsyFVn5h-di1_hCiak2W7tL3Wp71VOncIHOfZnAnBH4zvysrA-syZ0bNJpTPxpCB4tSV8D8gjmvTybcTq75ADwxgnNW_DApHXmgGquHQc4xuH9rq0XSv5HmDv3YzXaQpo38PH5UJARYSOs24cb_NC8m9p1esQKuMVYJkqBJHuOfk3MieYmbzAB6nX0LJIjQ-Acx0BE7yQtomM51SD30OObdzYIhL6/https%3A%2F%2Factionsoftware.com%2Fsupport%2F > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- People in sleeping bags are the soft tacos of the bear world. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
