You would not need one for every programmer. Perhaps one to take to a customer site to demonstrate your software and one to host an application for a development team. If the applications are small could hold several applications, until you hit a space limit or ram or cpu causing slowdowns.
On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 1:01 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 <[email protected]> wrote: > And according to this link from that page: > > https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/z-systems-development-test-environment > > "Develop and test mainframe applications on x86 hardware > Starting at $4,920.00 USD per year" > > Still not hobbyist pricing, and still somewhat steep on a per-programmer > basis for a company to pay, and large development teams (100+) would make > that a relatively high-cost tool. > > I would presume that a good discount to that "list price" could be negotiated > by an organization with an existing substantial investment in real IBM iron > and software, but small organizations and hobbyists are still SOL. > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of ITschak Mugzach > Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2018 9:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IBM ZD&T > > EXTERNAL: This email originated from outside of Broadridge. Do not click any > links or open any attachments unless you trust the sender and know the > content is safe. > > acrording to this page ( > https://developer.ibm.com/mainframe/2017/09/08/ibm-z-systems-development-test-environment-zdt-v11-available/) > this is same as zPDT. We use zPDT top develop out IronSphere ISCM for > legacy platform, but zPDT, afaik, is for members of the partner in > development program. It look like zd&t is for everyone. > > ITschak > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 8:02 PM, Jousma, David <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you are not aware, this is z/OS running on x86 for dev/test work. >> Anyone doing this in the real world? We've got architects in the >> corporation that head about this, and want to discuss it. I just don't >> know enough about it to know if it's a big deal, or a breadbox with regards >> to building and supporting. >> >> My concerns: >> - are how to support >> - is it an identical image of standard lpars on Z? >> - security >> - etc, etc, etc. >> >> I did a few searches on google looking for a past SHARE presentation for a >> 10,000' view. To my uneducated self, it sounds like an easy way for >> management to defer mainframe cpu costs, but at a huge support cost. Am I >> wrong? > -- > > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If > the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail > and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
