On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:41:38 +1200 Wesley Parish said: >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? ;^)
You'd have to submit a proposal and see. Given the "GPL" nature, probably but that really isn't my call. I'd reccomend submitting a proposal, answer followup questions, and see. You might be pleasantly surprised. /ahw > >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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
