Paul Gilmartin wrote:
<snip>
I had understood that, new with MVS/XA, HLASM was not "'given away'
as a part of the operating system", but a separately priced prerequisite.
Has that changed, or was I mistaken?
<snip>
The 1980's were a long time ago (smile), and I'm not going to look up
the history of whether we ever charged for HLASM and its predecessors.
Today, though, HLASM is a nonexclusive base element of z/OS, which is to
say that:
- It is separately orderable (as HLASM for z/OS and z/VM and z/VSE V1R6,
5696-234).
- It is included as part of z/OS at no additional charge.
This has been true since OS/390 was introduced.
The full list of current z/OS elements and features and which are priced
can be found in z/OS Planning for Installation, in topic 1.1.1, "List of
base elements and optional features," which you can find here:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/e0z2b1c3/1.1.1?SHELF=all13be9&DT=20120919155103
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John Eells
z/OS Technical Marketing
IBM Poughkeepsie
[email protected]
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