You can run linux as a vbox or VMware host ... Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD
'Infinite wisdom through infinite means' On May 16, 2013, at 8:08 AM, zMan <[email protected]> wrote: > First sentence: What? > > Second: It might. That's certainly the hobbyist's argument. IBM doesn't see > it that way, clearly. > > > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 1:11 AM, Scott Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You run just about any system in vbox or VMware we do, including various >> variants of Linux .. >> I understand IBM fighting hercules but ...wouldn't it also bring in more >> business like zpdt does ? >> >> >> Scott ford >> www.identityforge.com >> from my IPAD >> >> 'Infinite wisdom through infinite means' >> >> >> On May 15, 2013, at 4:51 PM, Phil Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> John McKown wrote: >>>> According to IBM, you cannot get a z/OS license for a Hercules based >>>> machine. It has been asked for by many, for a hobbyist environment. >>> >>> Right. And Platform Solutions not only proved that IBM wasn't >> interested, but that IBM would aggressively fight attempts to exploit >> loopholes. >>> >>>> Another emulator is Boch. It is an x86 emulator. As I recall, one person >>>> used this to run Windows, slowly, on an old pre-z machine. It would be >>>> interesting, to me, to have somebody do this on a zEC12 running full >> speed. >>>> I don't know if Windows can be licensed on this configuration, or not. >>> >>> That's Bochs. Adam Thornton, then of Sine Nomine Associates, did this on >> an MP3000 in about 2001: Exchange under Windows under Bochs under Linux for >> System z under z/VM. "Slow" doesn't begin to describe it, but Exchange did >> (eventually!) come up. >>> >>> I believe - but IANAL - that you can run Windows legally in a virtual >> machine as long as it's a unique use of that license copy etc. So sure, why >> not? ("Is it on an Intel or AMD CPU?" "Um, IBM zEC12, actually..." - now >> THAT would be a fun conversation!) >>> >>> ...phsiii >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
