> > 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! > > Anyone with a clue what's going on? Suspicious of rewriting history! > > Pure speculation, but I would guess that Hercules has gotten far enough up > into IBM's radar in terms of licensing and intellectual property "borrowing" > that they may be compelled to do something about it, and publishing > information like this in a IBM-sponsored publication is tacitly encouraging > such activities so the lawyers probably jumped on someone's head and had > the redbook quickly revised before some smart sea-lawyer grabbed onto it as > a copyright/intellectual property dilution. > > The question now in *my* head is whether IBM will make the intelligent > choice: a hobbyist license or certification of Hercules for purchase of a > regular license, or the dumb choice: unleashing the lawyers and trying to > have Hercules eliminated via legal action. Let's hope it's the former -- it > would do wonders for the acceptance of the 390 as a viable application > architecture again.
I plan on going into business shortly, and if I think there are some mainframe users in the area I plan on putting up S/390 or zSeries Linux up on Hercules as a demo. Certainly I don't want IBM pissing in my patch. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
