[Info-vax] Posts

[Simon Clubley]

On 2024-05-24, bill <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/24/2024 8:29 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2024-05-23, David Wade <g4ugm at dave.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 23/05/2024 13:14, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> On 2024-05-22, Single Stage to Orbit <alex.buell at munted.eu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It's annoying that they don't have pricings on their website. I'd love
>>>>> to see if they can sell personal licenses.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect IBM will sell you a personal non-commercial licence for z/OS
>>>> long before VSI get around to doing the same thing.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, IBM have absolutely no plans for such a thing unfortunately, even
>>>> though it has been asked for many times.
>>>>
>>>
>>> IBM do offer a personal edition of their developers package...
>>>
>>> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zdt/14.2.x?topic=personal-edition
>>>
>>> but no idea how to order
>>>
>> 
>> I didn't know about that thanks.
>> 
>> I initially was interested until I read this:
>> 
>> https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/ibm/ibm-offer-zos-app-development-and-testing-its-public-cloud
>> 
>
> That's not a hobbyist program.
>

I never said it was. Various vendors have offered low-cost pricing
for developers on a range of products (sometimes with restricted usage
rights) over the years. I initially thought this might now be true for z/OS.

Simon.

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