On 2020-04-09 18:04, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Thu, 9 Apr 2020 12:55:11 -0400, scott Ford wrote:
Until Hercules is sanctioned by IBM I wouldnt mentioned it.
On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 4:08 PM Grant Taylor wrote:
On 4/8/20 1:13 PM, SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Brandon Tucker wrote:
I've always wondered if it was a good idea bringing up skills
acquired by using z/OS Hercules with a copy of 1.10 floating on the
internet?
I think it's always pertinent to bring up skills that you acquired on a
mainframe that you had access to.
I think I would elide, if not actively avoid, that it was illegally
using licensed IBM software on a non-IBM emulator.
What do others know about Fan Dezhi, aka tn3270://efglobe.com?
o Is it safe?
Define "safe"
o Reportedly running z/OS 1.6!?
Yes, and both CICS and Db2 have been out-of-action for years.
o Prohibits use for:
- Training
To prevent sh*tloads of clueless Indians screwing up.
- any sort of "Hello world" program
About the dumbest program ever.
- [commercial use?]
Rent your time from IBM!
- What does that leave?
PL/I, Cobol, keeping your skill (marginally) up-to-date, in case you want to go
to New Jersey?
- Is OMVS available?
Also dead.
o One of the named principals appears to be a regular contributor to IBM-MAIN.
Who? Me? Only admin on the forum, and that just means kicking off the spammers,
and blocking large parts of the Internet from even accessing it. I rarely log on
to the system nowadays, given that I now have legal access to an completely
up-to-date system.
o "whois" traces it to Denver.
I thought it was Canada.
o Who pays for it?
efglobe, whoever they are.
Robert
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Robert AH Prins
robert(a)prino(d)org
The hitchhiking grandfather - https://prino.neocities.org/indez.html
Some REXX code for use on z/OS - https://prino.neocities.org/zOS/zOS-Tools.html
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