Yes, z/OS on z is attractive for a medium or large customer, but it is priced out of the market for a hobbyist or a "Mom and Pop" business. The entry cost is much lower for, e.g., openSUSE on a PC. I miss the days of 80% discounts for Academia.
Of course, if you need high I/O bandwidth or RAS, ... -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Bill Johnson [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 4:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Any z/OS sandbox available for a university student I know? What really bothers me is when someone says they want to work on a more modern or advanced platform. Nothing is more modern or more advanced than a z15 running zOS. Also more secure, more available, and more transactions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
