On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 18:44:46 +0100, Herbert Szumovski wrote: >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.
If you're selling systems for IBM then I'm certain you will not have a problem getting hold of a demo platform. Of course it will depend on your relationship with your local IBM staff. > 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. Agree to both - (1) I don't think anyone can seriously question Flex-EX and (2) I don't know why IBM isn't providing a cheap OS390 hobbyist license. Lack of good lobbyists maybe ? who got IBM on the Linux bandwagon ? Perhaps the same guy needs to be convinced about the OS/390 hobbyist license. /per regards, Per Jessen, Zurich http://www.enidan.com - home of the J1 serial console.
