Ooo. A z/OS emulator for my PC?

I might just wanna get into some
mainframe code, then.

"IBM didn't sue RCA when it came out with ICCDP (Integrated Circuit Communication Data Processor) in 1969."

Oops. Should have mentioned that ICCDP was a military version of the RCA Spectra 70 used for CONUS communications and that the Spectra 70 was deisned to execute IBM 360 applications.

Sorry for any confusion.

... that IBM were once the bad guys.

Its easy in this M$-dominated, post-SCO era to think of IBM as supporters of freedom and open source. But while they were quite happy to play along with Hercules as long as it suited them, they turned on it as soon as they released a competing product of their own.

I guess leopards dont change their spots.

IBM didn't sue RCA when it came out with ICCDP (Integrated Circuit Communication Data Processor) in 1969.

For years the government has said that it was illegal to tie the hardware to operating system software. Point 4 ran Data General OS and Data General had to sell (a license) of it to anyone who wanted it. Prime Computer has a software emulator called BP99 that emulated the Basic Four operating system on Prime hardware. It also had a Product called Prime INFORMATION that emulated the (Dick) Pick operating system that was licensed to run on Microdata and other hardware platforms.

Vmark wrote a Unix implementation of the Prime INFORMATION product called Universe and IBM now owns the license to that.

I don't think IBM will be too successful.

"Open sauce," really?