[Gllug] ADVERT: Free Access to IBM Mainframe running Linux

[Tethys]

Chris Ball writes:

>Yet IBM seem not to let you sign up unless you work for a company that
>develops and sells commercial software.
>
>http://www.developer.ibm.com/welcome/guide2002/criteria.html :
>
>   "PartnerWorld for Developers commercial membership is available to
>   companies that develop and sell software in the commercial
>   marketplace."

And thereby at a single stroke cut off a large number of potential
customers. I'd guess that by far the biggest market for Linux on a
mainframe is those providing online services, not those developing
commercial software.

Ho hum...

Tet

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