Yes, that is exactly so. You can use it for any purpose, production, test, or development, on as many instances as you like.
It *is* a winner, really. We run transactional production loads on on zLinux. :) By the way, it is easy to install and configure, especially under z/VM. Google for the z/VM cookbooks. They are excellent guides, and they provide a really good base to move forward and produce highly customized images from. -Paul On Feb 15, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Billy Bingham wrote: > Paul, > > So you're saying that if I download SLES 11 Eval Version it comes with a 180 > day trial for support, but the software license is free and I can continue to > use it past the 180 day period? > > Sounds like a winner if so. > > > Thanks, > > Billy > > On 15 Feb 2010 at 13:31, Paul Raulerson wrote: > > > Note that "trial" means trial period for support. > > > > The license is free, you can run it as long as you wish, for any purpose. > > Seems odd on a mainframe, but true. > > > > And I personally recommend SLES over RedHat. If nothing else, YAST makes it > > far easier to manage. > > > > -Paul > > > > On Feb 15, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Rich Smrcina wrote: > > > > > On 02/15/2010 12:22 PM, Billy Bingham wrote: > > >> I would like to install Linux on z/VM, but I'm not sure what > > >> distribution to use. Is there a free version of SuSE or RedHat Linux > > >> that I can download to do this? Do I need to license a distribution from > > >> the vendor (SuSE or RedHat)? > > >> > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> > > >> Billy > > > > > > You can get a trial of both Novell and RedHat Linux for System z that > > > come with install support and maintenance for a certain amount of time. > > > I think Novell is 120 days. > > > > > > -- > > > Rich Smrcina > > > Phone: 414-491-6001 > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/richsmrcina > > > > > > Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org > > > WAVV 2010 - Apr 9-13, 2010 Covington, KY > > > > > > >
