On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:13:06 +0800, Timothy Sipples wrote: >The primary and probably only >reason sub-capacity general purpose engines exist is to provide increased >licensing granularity for full capacity licensed software.
Nice try. I was referring to the contortions involved in the introduction of "specialty engines". Maybe Tom will be interested in a potted history. Java users were deserting the platform - so we got zAAPs; then zIIPs - but (of course) customers are unable to run 100% of eligible work. Some bright spark came up with a non-explained number - less than two thirds. There were ways around that, but IBM were happy to resort to the courts to stop that. Now we will no longer have zAAPs, and ta-da ...we get zAAP-on-zIIP - maybe they'll eventually admit the whole concept was just wrong, not simply the idea of separate engines for java and "the rest". And what about the carry-forward guarantee we were all sold ???. /cynicism. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
