> > Some amusment over on the Hercules list - the 'Linux on S/390' Redbook, > > SG244987, originally contained a chapter on running Linux on the >Hercules > > emulator. Not surprising - it's known to be used by quite a few folks >inside > > IBM. > >It was, certainly. Is it still?
I've no idea - but no reason to believe it isn't. I've heard recent anecdotal evidence that it is - apparently it's rather hard for IBM insiders to get hold of Flex. But this is just anecdote. > > As of (apparently) March 21st, the Redbook has been revised (without > > incrementing the version number, contrary to normal IBM practice), and >*all* > > references to Hercules have been carefully expunged! > >Clearing the decks for a 'Cease and Desist'. IBM can hardly issue one if >some of its own >documentation seems to sanction Hercules. It's come a bit late, too - back >in Autumn I posted >that I expected it in mid-February, but I guess lawyers get paid by the >hour. I wondered what had become of that prediction. And, I suspect IBM lawyers are on the payroll. As I said, it's locking the stable door six months too late if that's the way they are thinking. Not to mention the use that IBM has made/is making of Hercules internally. IANAL, but I can only imagine these two facts would not look good if IBM ever *did* try to make a legal case against Hercules. >Biggest amusement on the Hercules lists at the moment is Phil Roberts >trying to get me banned >from the FLEX-ES list for posting a link to some obscenties. It's not the biggest amusment IMHO, but I certainly agree with your sentiments! (What? I just agreed with Phil Payne!) To be fair, he seems to have a bigger issue with the FLEX-ES list itself, a 'commercial' list being hosted on a university system, paid for by his tax dollars is the way he puts it. And an offensive-sounding 'humour' list, ditto. The Hercules crowd are big on >censorship of dissenting viewpoints. We're not big on folks who have no constructive comments, have never helped develop or test, have repeated the same old complaint ad nauseum, and have never even used the frigging software! >He doesn't appear to realise that the original was not >only written by one of his Hercules cronies, but it's still in the Hercules >archives. > >Physician heal thyself. > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hercules-390/message/16259 is the original. >Tells you more >about the Hercules effort in one post than a year of reading would do. Tells you more about the ability of Phil Payne to provoke flames from mild-mannered programmers. If you want to learn something about the Hercules effort, use the software! Phil, you got flamed. Most folks think you earned it, even if it was OTT. Get over it. Suggest we tread carefully to keep this on-topic for Linux... Hercules issues, feel free to take them to email or hercules-advocacy list. Mike _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
