On Sunday, 03/22/2009 at 11:02 EDT, Andrew Wiley <[email protected]> wrote:
> However, the machine I'm investigating is being offered by a local > business that's decommissioning it, and I can ask if they plan to > include VM. There are rules governing the transfer of software to someone else and it depends on what verison z/VM they want to transfer and whether they continue to run z/VM. If they transfer their z/VM license to you, then they can't claim to posess a licence in order to get a free upgrade. If they upgrade first, then they can't give the old software to you. If they had a license for 5 CPUs and wish to reduce their license count to 3 on their new machine, that would leave 2 CPU's worth that they can transfer to you (because IBM doesn't refund license fees). If you don't already have a mainframe and all of the attendent gear, I'm not certain this is the right solution for you and your students. If you want to teach them mainframe Linux, use Hercules and install Linux on it. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
