Re: Hobbiest License idea
"commanonce" <philp-3Y/[email protected]>
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--- In [email protected], "Patrick Talley" <ptalley8@b...> wrote: > I just had an idea that might make the hobbiest license a bit more appealing to IBM, or at least less threatening for potential lost revenue opportunities. The hobbiest license could be for a 'crippled' version of the operating system, one that would go into a hard wait or shutdown after a certain amount of time. This could even be tied to a tiered pricing scheme, like $500/yr for 4hours of run time before an interruption and $1000 for 8 hours. This way it would be difficult for anyone to use this for production enviorment. IBM has done essentially this type of thing in z/OS.e, the result of the "Puma" project. I know there was considerable resistance to creating a second z/OS code base, but it's been achieved technically _AND_ (what is FAR more important) it's been accepted by business practices and the lawyers as a valid technique. Try a private email to one of the z/OS IBMers on IBM-MAIN to test the water. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get 128 Bit SSL Encryption! http://us.click.yahoo.com/JjlUgA/vN2EAA/kG8FAA/dpFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: hercules-advocacy-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/