Thanks. Well, it's done. One can only hope - if the worst comes to the worst, I aways have Hercules and Debian/390 to work from.
Still, as they say, he who laughs last has a 9600 baud connection. ;) Wesley Parish On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:11, A. Harry Williams wrote: > 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 -- 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
