This sounds interesting. I'm thinking of a typically madcap project, called The Flycatcher Project, for porting ReactOS, the GPL WinNT 4.0 clone, to the S/390/zSeries. (Flycatcher, because having one's mouth wide open helps catch flies, and because any protein supplement is bound to do Microserfs the world of good. ;)
Any chance of jumping through those hoops? ;^) Wesley Parish On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 05:16, A. Harry Williams wrote: > On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:05:12 -0600 Adam Thornton said: > >On Mar 15, 2005, at 10:40 AM, John Campbell wrote: > >> I would suspect that the biggest problem w/ supporting and doing > >> testing on > >> the S/390 or zSeries architecture is that individuals (who'd be > >> managing > >> the porting and/or testing process) won't *own* either an S/390 or > >> zSeries. > >> > >> Getting mainframe cycles is not, AFAICT, an inexpensive proposition. > >> There's only so far you can depend upon emulation. > > > >Actually, I've already gotten two OSDL virtual machines for the Debian > >project's use. Cycles are there if you ask for them. > > For any true Open Source Project, should never be the issue. As > Adam states, OSDL has access to a z990 for such projects. Go to > > http://www.osdl.org/lab_activities/lab_projects/propose_a_project.html > > You want the OSDL-US lab. One of Adam's Debian projects is listed > > http://www.osdl.org/lab_activities/lab_projects/active_projects/display_sin >gle.html?uid=1287 > > > There are some minor hoops to jump through, but anyone seriously > wanted access to zSeries for open source projects can get one. > One of the projects is porting an PostgreSQL to z/OS. > > /ahw > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
