OK, now I understand. Dave Bond wrote the old Tachyon Assembler Workbench, a similar emulator for batch problem state z/OS programs...
Mike Shaw MVS/QuickRef Support Group Chicago-Soft, Ltd. On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 2:41 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Shaw > > Sent: 08 December 2016 18:54 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Finding Dave Bond > > > > Yet another emulator...IBM will not bless this, will they? > > They certainly won't bless it, but if what I have gleaned is correct it > basically performs a similar task to the Z390 product. > > http://www.z390.org/ > > so executing the problem state code and emulating the interfaces and > API's. Of course some of the API's and problem state code may be > protected by Patents or Copyright. Copyright violations can perhaps be > minimized by a clean room approach, and patents perhaps by choosing a > suitable country.. > So as long as they don't sell the code elsewhere then IBM might have to > challenge them in a Swiss court:- > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patents_under_the_Eur > opean_Patent_Convention > > which might be less in favour of a US corporation... > > .. but of course, I am only musing aloud, and we will have to wait to see > actually happens. I guess if they never land a sale then nothing will > happen... > .. if they I expect things to get interesting... > > > > > > Mike Shaw > > MVS/QuickRef Support Group > > Chicago-Soft, Ltd. > > Dave Wade > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 1:50 PM, Rob van der Heij <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > On 8 December 2016 at 19:35, Ed Jaffe <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > He lives in Switzerland and works for L^z Labs -- the latest John > > > > Moores kill-the-mainframe endeavor... > > > > > > > > > > Shaken, not stirred. License to kill the mainframe? > > > >
