LSOFT was the first site I visited yesterday. Problem with Listserv is that it is cost based, and we don't really have any interest in pursuing that road yet. We're just taking L390 out for a test drive, and our site has not had any mailing list software before (I'd guess due to costs). We don't wish to stick a pin in our own S390_Cost_Effectiveness arguments by trying to buy new stuff, even for a few thousand $$$. The only price quote I could find on LSOFT site was for their LITE version on WinStuff, SunStuff, or other OSstuff, and that license ranged from $500-$2000. I'd guess their Full Blown Classic S390 version to be a bit more than that.
So, I'm interested in a no cost solution at this time, attempting to show some new applications that would be viable for the platform. thanks, tom -----Original Message----- From: Patterson, Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 12:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mailing List Software Hylton Tom P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm investigating installing mailing list software (akin to > listserv or > majordomo) to manage some internal mailing lists. Why go with imitators, when you can get the real thing? LSoft now offers Listserv for Linux/390. Check out http://www.lsoft.com/news/default.asp?item=S390 for their announcement last month. As CEO Eric Thomas, an old-time VMer, known to some of us as "Sir Eric la Terreur" (see http://pucc.princeton.edu:80/~vmshare/read?fn=KNIGHTS&ft=MEMO&line=174) noted: "LISTSERV� is no stranger to S/390, having been originally developed on an IBM 4341 mainframe in 1986. In the 1990s, customers migrated to unix or Windows because S/390 hardware was no longer cost effective. But today, computing power is so cheap that it makes sense to spend more on hardware to save a lot of manpower, and people are rediscovering the benefits of the centralized mainframe business model." An even better quote, though, is: "It only took about a day to install Linux on our IBM MP3000 mainframe and make LISTSERV� work on that system. All unix software vendors should consider porting their applications to S/ 390. They will find that S/390 customers are loyal, have a high degree of technical knowledge and at least as much enthusiasm as other Linux customers." <SNIP>
