On Monday, 12/13/2010 at 11:12 EST, Dave Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > As far as getting the new z/OS PL/I compiler over to z/VM, I'd be happy > if IBM just offered it unsupported on CMS, with only a short bit of > documentation noting the differences between usage in the z/OS and CMS > environments, much like what IBM now does with the z/OS C/C++ port to CMS. > > Any problems with the compiler would have to be recreated on z/OS before > IBM would take an APAR. I think that this approach might help make a > business case, as it would cut down on IBM's up front costs significantly.
Cost avoidance does not a business case make. Business cases are made based on projected sales and profitability, and that business case is weighed against others vying for the same resources. And as you know, IBM doesn't offer "experimental" licenses such as you describe. A product either goes out the door as a supported product, or it doesn't go at all. Occasionally IBM does offer beta programs that are similar to what you describe, but those are within the context of having intent to release a fully supported product. After all, it takes manpower to create unsupported programs, too. That's just The Way Things Are. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 [email protected] IBM Endicott
