On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 09:04:08AM -0700, BitFlippa Bob wrote:
> The company I work for is a partner.  I inquired about using ADCD or DEMO
> package z/os with hercules, they said no way and directed me to T3
> Technologies. To use Z/OS under FLEX, basically you have to purchase a
> flex machine at a minimum cost of $13,500 (this gets you an ibm thinkpad
> with the Flex-es software running on it and a copy of the ADCD on it) they
> can also be leased for $450 per month. You are entitled ONLY to run z/os
> under the FLEX-ES software and only on the machine you purchase/lease
> througth T3 or one other company, ALL other emulators are PROHIBITED.
> 
> What this means is that it is not legal to run Z/OS under hercules at all.

That copy of z/OS, anyway. There may be other avenues to run it legally. We
don't know what arrangements IBM has made with all of its users. In
addition, IBM is known to use Hercules internally, and of course they can
run z/OS on anything they darned well want to.

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