Actually I think Alan means the RD&T program, not RDz (athough RDz is a nice
tool also.) What is now RDT(Rational Develop and Test) used to be made
vailable under the RDz banner, but it is a separate product now. And, of
course, there is zPDT vailable through the ISV (developer) program. RDT is
really the zPDTcode using a slightly different licensing mechnism and different
Ts &Cs.
Mike HammockITC
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-------- Original message --------
From: Alan Altmark <[email protected]>
Date: 03/21/2016 11:32 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: How many shops... ?
On Friday, 03/18/2016 at 01:18 GMT, "Nix, Robert P." <[email protected]>
wrote:
> There needs to be wider acceptance within the software vendor community
> for Linux on z (and / or Linux on ARM, Linux on PPC, ?, Linux on things
> beyond x86). The problem is that the vendors can go to HP, or Best Buy,
> and buy an x86, but they have to work to get an ARM or a PPC, or a Z.
Most
> aren¹t willing to make the effort to collect these platforms, and aren¹t
> willing to invest in a Z system at all simply to test their product.
IBM offers ISVs access to z Systems for that purpose, and there's RDz. PWD
members also have access to zPDT. For porting, there's the Chiphopper
program. There's no point in buying a z machine unless the financials
make sense.
And as far as Linux is concerned, Hercules is a possibility, but since it
doesn't have the IBM seal of approval, it still represents a certain
amount of risk when the software hits a real z box.
I would like to see a consortium of companies that use mainframes work
together to lobby vendors for z support, letting the vendor see a larger
audience (pot o' gold). That might be how they justify the RDz or PWD
paths.
But rewarding a company for its x86-only behavior by buying from them just
reinforces that behavior. "What you permit, you promote."
Alan Altmark
Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant
Lab Services System z Delivery Practice
IBM Systems & Technology Group
ibm.com/systems/services/labservices
office: 607.429.3323
mobile; 607.321.7556
[email protected]
IBM Endicott
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