Timeline for New "Mainframes" Proposal — PASSED
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| Jun 22, 2018 at 11:23 | comment | added | rbanffy | Because of that, I expect a lot of questions about "where is the manual for X" (IBM doesn't help you much there) and "I got X. How do I run Y on it?" which are questions I had myself and some I never adequately answered and just gave up. | |
| Jun 22, 2018 at 11:23 | comment | added | rbanffy | The onboarding process for mainframers is very different from the "normal" crowd. Anyone can buy an x86 and install Linux on it and get going, but buying a mainframe and getting it up and running is so rare it's notable. At the same time, emulators only will take you so far unless you violate the licenses and run software you are supposed to run on real IBM metal. And that is only the IBM space - don't even get started on MCP and its offspring. | |
| Jun 16, 2018 at 12:05 | comment | added | Rob Moir | Each site gets to set its own rules within the broad Stack Exchange guidelines, so their own site will work well in that regard. | |
| Jun 14, 2018 at 13:22 | history | answered | Simon Sobisch | CC BY-SA 4.0 |