On 04.12.2002 at 02:07:49, Phil Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.kmsitltd.co.uk > > A one-man company specialising in z/OS and zSeries education that has already > trained around twenty new Assembler programmers for large UK users this year,
> as well as running REXX, JCL and other courses - helping to keep the > mainframe environment viable (and also producing a bit of software, too). A good example of *one* of the conversations going on here. I totally agree that for the *business* of software development, the PWD program all but fills the need. In order to start a business along these lines, however, one must already be a) aware of the existence of S/390, and b) sufficiently proficient in the environment to convince a bank manager to extend the required finance to you. This does *not* address the other conversation going on here, the so-called hobbyist licensing \"issue\". For an unemployed ex-sysprog who wants to keep his/her skills current US$13k would be a stretch, forgetting that they wouldn\'t be able to get it for that anyway given that they would not qualify for PWD. Neither is MVS 3.8 on Hercules a solution, being so out of date. Cheers, Vic
