Re: Why are the FUD spreaders spreading FUD?

> I feel certain there *must* be more licensing options available 
than 
> are widely-known. In fact, I've challenged Phil Payne on this 
before, 
> and I'll challenge him (or anyone else) again: I've heard the 
> acronyms bandied about (GOLC, MLC, ESL, all the rest)... Phil you 
> speak this language, I don't; I can't believe there isn't a 
> relatively cheap license out there for demonstration purposes... 

Well, no.  There isn't.  The question is - what do you want to 
demonstrate?  If you're selling a product you've developed for 
zSeries, you will qualify for PWD under the terms of that effort so 
there's no issue.

The major problem area (as I see it) with PWD is education - a lot of 
small trainers would like to carry around small zSeries systems and a 
batch of laptops.  A few Cat5 jumper cables, a small Ethernet switch 
and you have a portable zSeries classroom with its own controlled 
environment - workshop education without having to load examples and 
case studies onto the corporate system.

The current limitation on fractional GOLC is 1GHz.  This is a problem 
because such machines are becoming scarce in new supply.  Licensing 
needs to be revisited in this space.