Sounds great--BUT--as IBM Marketing idiots have done in the past..look for $$ ..instead of helping the enhancement of systems and training of new upcoming tech. people. Yes this would be a great deal in the forth coming future, but I do not see IBM Mgnt. Thinking in the lines of the future of the Company. Only self-centered people looking for early retirement and $$$.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Grant Taylor Sent: Friday, July 03, 2020 11:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Mainframe co-op ** EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE CAUTION ** Let's turn the mainframe access discussion on it's head. What would it take for a group of undetermined number of people to form a co-op, probably as a legal business entity, to acquire legal, completely above board, access to a mainframe (CPC / LPAR / VM) that could run z/VM with multiple z/OS guests there in? The desire is to be able to provide lower cost access to VMs similar to traditional VPSs for hobbyists and students. All legal. All licensed. All completely above board. Depending on equipment configuration, all with proper service contracts. I wonder just how high, or possibly low, the bar would be. Is it even remotely something a group of 5 / 10 / 25 / ?? hobbyists could get together and pool their resources and do? I know multiple people that have CPCs. But they don't currently have DASD. I think at least one of them has a line on legal licenses for z/OS for his CPC. What would it take for one of these people to legally provide other hobbyists / students access to their systems? -- Grant. . . . unix || die ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Email Disclaimer This E-mail contains confidential information belonging to the sender, which may be legally privileged information. This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity addressed above. If you are not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of the E-mail or attached files is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
