slanted article "Inside System Storage -- by Tony Pearson"

Just stumbled across this today:

Inside System Storage -- by Tony Pearson

  "#IBMtechU IBM Storage University in Washington DC - Day 5 the New
zEnterprise"

 
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorag
e/entry/ibmtechu_ibm_storage_university_in_washington_dc_day_5_the_new_zente
rprise26?lang=en

  (or):

  http://preview.tinyurl.com/35z94nx


I realize it's several months old, but the following really set my teeth on
edge (pissed me off):


  "But what about developers and testers, such as those Independent
   Software Vendors (ISV) that produce mainframe software. How can
   IBM make their lives easier?"

  "Phil Smith on z/Journal provides a history of [IBM Mainframe
   Emulation]. Back in 2007, three emulation options were in use in
   various shops:"

      *  Open Mainframe, from Platform Solutions, Inc. (PSI)
      *  FLEX-ES, from Fundamental Software, Inc.
      *  Hercules, which is an open source package

  "None of these are viable options today. Nobody wanted to pay IBM
   for its Intellectual Property on the z/Architecture or license the
   use of the z/OS operating system. To fill the void, IBM put out an
   officially-supported emulation environment called IBM System z
   Professional Development Tool (zPDT)."


Say WHAT?! "... Nobody wanted to pay IBM [... for a z/OS license]"?!

What a load of crap!

And then to go on to say that BECAUSE of that was their reason for creating
the z/PDT!  That's bullshit too!

They created it because they don't want anyone to have ANY alternative for
their mainframe needs other than THEM! IBM want the ENTIRE pie and doesn't
want to give up even the tiniest, thinnest slice of that pie to ANYONE. They
want it ALL.

Yeah, that really makes developers and testers and ISV's lives SOOOO much
easier IBM! Eliminate the competition (eliminate any/all alternatives) such
the developer, tester, or ISV in question has NO CHOICE (no alternative) but
to pay YOUR exorbitant fees.

Sheesh! Talk about BULLSHIT...

  ~>8-O

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"Fish" (David B. Trout) 
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