--- In hercules-advocacy@yahoogroups.com, "David Wade" <dave@d...>
wrote:

>I don't think IBM is happy about us using VM/370 or MVS3.8J

You've hit the nail on the head. No names, no pack drill, can't say
any more, but according to a well-known IBMer I spoke to a year ago,
that is precisely the case.

Having said that, that doesn't at all square with what other people
have heard from IBM.

>SUN OS 4.1.3 is also avaiable free for older SUN 3 machines

In fact, I seem to recall that current releases of Solaris are/were
available for hobbyist use for a nominal ($10 or thereabouts) charge.
Certainly this was the case 4-5 years ago, I bought one!

Mike