For those of you who would like to take a test drive of IBM's enterprise modernization tools including Rational Developer for System z (RDz), Rational Transformation Workbench (RTW), and Rational Business Developer (RBD), please point your Web browser here to get more information:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/emsandbox/systemz.html There's a lot of good information here which I also recommend exploring, but please click on the "Skills" link (third bullet) for access to the RDz/RTW/RBD test drive. This test drive provides remote access to a live z/OS system and a pre-configured desktop environment for writing, compiling, and debugging code using the modern RDz graphical workbench. You can try C, C++, Assembler, COBOL, PL/I, Java, REXX, JCL, etc. You can use RTW to gain insight into code and subsystems in order to locate service entry points and modernize the code in various ways, such as changing data elements to Unicode, pruning redundant code, etc. RBD lets you write, compile, and debug Rational Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) and deploy EGL to the mainframe. This 4th generation programming language is easy to learn and highly productive. It's also a great target language for migration from older 4GLs, such as IBM's CSP and VisualAge Generator, and from non-IBM 4GLs. There's a 3 (or maybe 4) hour time limit, but you can take the test drive as often as you want (within reason). Please save your work if you'd like to pick up where you left off as you start a second test drive, per the instructions. There is no formal support for this test drive, and it is subject to change at any time. I hope everyone finds it educational and useful. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
