> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mrohs, Ray > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 8:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Configuring networking in zVM under Hercules??? > > What we really just saw is another young person being turned > away from z/VM, at a time when the next generation needs to > be engaged and involved through whatever means possible. But > now he will probably direct his energies elsewhere. IBM could > be more proactive in culling new people, especially those who > have an interest in working on VM, by making such > environments legally available with certain capacity and > usage restrictions. Not to play the devils advocate, but many > of the best programmers these days started out honing their > skills on inexpensive or "free" resources, and it's a good > idea to have them on your side. > > Ray Mrohs > U.S. Department of Justice > 202-307-6896
Though I agree with you, the fact remains that IBM does not allow this and it is illegal (at least in most countries, I guess). I wish it weren't! I'd glory in a z/VM and z/OS under Hercules at home for myself. But that doesn't make it legal or moral to tell the copyright holder that they are being short sighted and so their copyright rights are going to be ignored. It is also why I am now a confirmed Linux bigot and do all my "hacking" using Linux/Intel. It is legal and moral, and even encouraged! If IBM choses to destroy their z/OS & z/VM business by being (IMO) foolish, well it is their right. I don't like it because it pays my salary. But if somebody is determined to pump bullets into their own, perfectly maintained, car - that is their right of ownership. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
