On Sunday, 04/16/2006 at 11:32 EST, Wayne Driscoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan, > The point I think you are missing is that z/Architecture CAN TECHNICALLY run > on a FLEX box, it's just that IBM REFUSES to allow FLEX z/Architecture boxes > to non PWD customers, so they are forced to either purchase the smallest > z/890 box, plus a small Shark, or dump IBM VM/VSE/z/OS etc. altogether and > go with a new platform. For a small shop, that doesn't have the floor > space, environmentals, and power allotments for the above configuration, > they are left swinging in the wind by IBM. That seems to me, (as a system Z > bigot, AND IBM shareholder, although with only a fraction of Chuckie's > investment in IBM), to be a very short sighted business decision.
No, I'm not missing that point. I'm suggesting that z/VM licensing Ts&Cs is a red herring, having nothing to do with the Ts&Cs of the hardware. Focusing on z/VM licensing will not resolve this underlying issue. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
