I understand that Gabe Goldberg, I think, did succeed in getting OS390
2.5? from IBM for this purpose some years ago.
You might also be able to acquire Partner World for Development copy
and a Flex-es thinkpad.
It really does, unfortunately, still remain the case that running on
Hercules is a license violation in all but the most limited and specific
cases.


> James McGovern wrote:
>
> Ordering from ShopZSeries doesn't tell me how to acquire it for author
> purposes. I am looking for the direct channel for who can send me a copy
> IBM employee or not. This request has absolutely zero to do with work,
> hence my point. Pursuing work related channels is inappropriate. I do
> hope that lurkers from IBM actually figure out the RIGHT channel to serve
> my request.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Gibney [mailto:gibney@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 8:05 PM
> To: turnkey-mvs@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [turnkey-mvs] Re: Downloading Z/OS
>
> In the case of z/OS, it appears that often does mean close
> to %100 in
> the eyes of the owner, IBM.
> If you could get a license, it's a simple matter of ordering
> a serverpac
> from Shopzseries.
>
> Please send me a working copy of Windows XP, Oracle 9i and
> 10g. I'd like
> to play with Peoplesoft also, so please send anything you have.
>
> Just joking by the way. I've heard that there are plenty of
> warez sites,
> but I don't indulge.
>
> If you really do work for The Hartford, you should check
> with the legal
> department. I don't know if they are IBM customers but your
> constant
> requests must have come to the notice of the IBM lurkers by
> now.
>
> And please take it to the advocacy list.
>
> > James McGovern wrote:
> >
> > Often does not equal 100%. Kinda like our president making
> everything
> > illegal because it often is used for immoral things even
> though it has
> > the potential for being moral...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ted Rolle [mailto:ted@...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:54 AM
> > To: turnkey-mvs@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [turnkey-mvs] Re: Downloading Z/OS
> >
> > "Share" often = steal
> > Decreasing morality.
> >
> > --- In turnkey-mvs@yahoogroups.com, "James McGovern"
> > <james@a...> wrote:
> > > MessageWould love to understand the dinosaur mindset
> of
> > IBMers. How come
> > > those who grew up in the 80s and 90s are willing to
> share
> > software
> > but those
> > > who have been in the field for 30 years and work on
> > mainframes are so
> > > "formal" in how they acquire software.
> >
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