Hello Alan,
This is somewhat of a vent.
Why does IBM Decision Makers drive smaller Clients away from IBM
(specifically z/VM and VSE)?
The big software about a year ago was CRM. Customer Relations
Management (and other names).
Peter Ducker (Business GURU up in Colorado) indicates that there
is only one PROFIT Center in any organization. That is a CUSTOMER
willing to pay for your product.
It does seem (to me) that IBM has customers willing to pay for a
product that IBM has, and IBM is saying 'NO'.
Ed Martin
Aultman Health Foundation
330-588-4723
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ext. 40441
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
>> Behalf Of Alan Altmark
>> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 11:58 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: FLEX-ES and z/VM 4 or z/VM 5
>>
>> On Thursday, 04/13/2006 at 12:44 MST, namueller
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> > I have to install a new application, which is only supported under
z/VM
>> > 4 or z/VM 5, on a FLEX-ES box. Today we are using VM/ESA 2.4.
>> >
>> > Now i can't order z/VM 4 because this Version was withdrawn from
markt
>> > at end of march 2006.
>> >
>> > z/VM 5 is not allowed for using on a FLEX-ES box.
>> >
>> > Any idea is very much appreciated.
>>
>> It's not that z/VM V5 is "not allowed" on a FLEX-ES box, but rather
that
>> z/VM V5 requires z/Architecture, which you do not have. It really
does
>> use z/Architecture instructions and facilities that are not present
in
>> S/390..it's not an artificial requirement.
>>
>> And before anyone suggests that you run FLEX-ES in z/Architecture
mode
>> (oops! too late!), neither Fundamental Software (the makers of
FLEX-ES)
>> nor your IBM Business Partner are empowered to fix this for you.
Only
>> software vendors who are a member of IBM PartnerWorld can get FLEX-ES
>> licenses for z/Architecture. This is an IBM-imposed restriction.
>>
>> Back in July of 2005 we announced that "z/VM V4.4 will continue to be
>> available after the availability of z/VM V5.2. z/VM V4.4 will not be
>> withdrawn from marketing at this time and will continue to be
supported
>> until September 30, 2006." Then, on December 6, we announced the
>> withdrawal of z/VM 4.4.
>>
>> Unfortuantely, I have no alternatives to offer. (Unless you'd like
to
>> install a small z890? ;-) )
>>
>> Alan Altmark
>> z/VM Development
>> IBM Endicott
