Re: Legally Running z/OS on Hercules

--- In [email protected],
 "sccosel" <sccosel@...> wrote:
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> So, here's a new question...
> Is there anyone out there that is (or knows
>of someone) who is legally running z/OS under
>Hercules with IBM's written permission (IBM
>employee users, excluded)?  If any IBM
>employees are monitoring this board, they
>are free to answer the question about acutual
>customer usage.  I'm not interested in IBM
>internal usage.
>Best Regards, Scott

   "I" assUme that "I" can legally run OS/390
under Hercules.  For even older software, at
one time we purchased software from IBM.
There was never any trouble transferring
licenses to new systems.  Transferring
"purchased" licenses to a PC should be easy.

   I am not IBM and I am not a mouth-piece.

   Back to my first statement.  I run OS/390
2.4.0.  The reason it's so old is because we
have been trying to shut the main frame down
since December 1994.  I really believe that
we may complete the shut down this year or
next.  My OS/390 system runs under the
Flex-ES emulator under SCO Unixware 7 on
an IBM x232 PC.  When SCO had issues, the
Flex-ES reseller planned to switch SCO to
Linux.  Apparently there was no licensing
issue?  If I can switch the base operating
system I see no reason that I could not
switch emulators from the high performance
Flex-ES to the high portable Hercules.
Users would scream and nightly back ups
would take a week but it may be legal as
far as IBM is concerned?  I might run afoul
of some Commonwealth statutes concerning
wasting resources but that is not an IBM
licensing issue.

   I am not IBM and I am not a mouth-piece.

   At one time I considered using Hercules
for disaster recovery.  I assUme that IBM
would have approved if asked but I'm
shutting the system down not helping it
spread to new locations.

   I am not IBM and I am not a mouth-piece.

   I do have two MVS 3.8j systems at work
running under Hercules.  They are to allow
access to data after I get the main frame
shut down.  Some of our data has a legal
requirement to be available for access for
five years.  MVS 3.8j is one of the no-charge
operating systems that runs under Hercules
so IBM shouldn't have an issue.

   I am not IBM and I am not a mouth-piece.

   Why not define your case and present it
to IBM?  My dealings with IBM might not
match your dealings exactly.