<DELURK WARNING!!! You have been warned.> I'm back (and front, and sides). I couldn't help thinking (it's fatal in large doses), now we have the Hercules i/370 - s/390 emulator, and Moshe Bar in the BYTE of a coupla years back has affirmed that OS/390 runs quite happily on it, if IBM etc, are really concerned about the mainframe skills shortage, why don't they release some trial licenses of OS/390, VM/ESA, VSE, with diskimages for Hercules, minimal fee for a CDROM containing such images, together with sysadmin and programming courses, then let the market sort itself out with the newly-released information.
Kinda like they managed to overturn the original Personal Computer/Microcomputer market. </DELURK WARNING!!!> Wesley Parish On Sun, 21 Jul 2002 04:15, A. Harry Williams wrote: > On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 16:55:51 -0400 Edwin Handschuh said: > >On another note, I believe IBM has initiated a new promotion for colleges > > to teach mainframe skills again (COBOL, etc.). If I'm not mistaken, I > > think they're offering STEEP discounts on mainframe software if the > > machine is located on campus. They're hoping to cultivate a younger > > talent pool since the mainframe clearly isn't going away. I can't > > speculate on whether this new pricing policy has produced any tangible > > results. > > I'm not aware of any general steep discounts by IBM for academic > usage. Previously, there was the HESC program which was good, but > had its problem. It has been discontinued, and the replacement > isn't as good for most institutions. Speaking of other vendors, > most seem to give about 15-25% discounts, though there are a couple > I am aware of that give 85-90%. (To which we are very grateful) > > However, IBM in general has a Scholars Program, which for the zSeries > includes the Knowledge Center, which gives access to an MVS system > for use in a class. A lot of the development work for this was done > at NIU, though I believe it is no longer involved in the project. > More details on the zSeries can be found at > > http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/education/university/ > > If someone knows of a college or university that wants to teach > zSeries skills but needs access to a system, have them drop me > a note, and I'll get them in contact with the correct people in IBM. > > /ahw -- Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
