At 11:57 03.12.2002, Per Jessen wrote: >> Now try to sell Linux/390 on a z/Box to a service provider, who wants to run >>e.g. 40 servers. Nearly nobody wants z/VM, the "dinosaur operating system". >> 99% of their arguments go away immediately, when I can show them on the PC, >>how it works and how easy I can clone a Linux server. >> That's one of the reasons why I want to have z/VM on my laptop, many others >>have already been mentioned. > >And as others will point out too, there are people and companies out there that >cater to that need. You have a business-case, and the $13k should not present a >problem.
I don't have a business case, but IBM has one! And the 13k are not a price, but a mindsetting problem. If a vendor asks me to pay 13k$ for the authorization to sell one of his systems, so that he can enhance his revenue, then that's at least strange, if not ridiculous. Instead he should support the partners in any way to get his things out of the door! There is still sense behind to sell the FLEX/ES, it has possibly better support for serious business development, but I still didn't hear a good argument why there shouldn't be a cheap license for Hercules users. Some of you argue as if that would be the death of the mainframe OS's (of course especially those who already bought a FLEX :-) , but again, both systems target a completely different user group). Cheers, Herbert
