RE: "TigerTools Says It Can Remove OS/400 Governors"

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Two schools of thought on this one:

1. I bought the machine, and I should be able to get the maximum use out of
it that I can, therefore a "CFINT buster" is perfectly legal and ethical.

2. I purchased a machine with an agreed amount of interactive CPW, so I am
bound to that agreement, much like a seat license that is enforced by the
licensing APIs.  A CFINT buster is equivalent to a program that hacks the
license APIs.  Questionably legal, but definitely unethical.

It's your choice as to what camp you fall into.  In either case, you can be
assured that IBM is looking carefully at the issue.  FAST400 works by
flipping off a bit in the job object, and you can guess that it wouldn't be
too hard for IBM to release a patch that moves that bit, and/or makes it
very difficult to change.

DISCLAIMER: Take my comments with a grain of salt, since one of the benefits
of my PSC400 product is that it, too, removes the interactive tax, but mine
does it by actually replacing your 5250 I/O with a browser interface.  Since
PSC400 actually changes your programs to a true client/server architectuer,
a PTF isn't likely to "break" it.  My solution is competitively priced with
FAST400, and it also gives you a browser interface that emulates a green
screen as well as the ability to design very "webby" front ends for your
existing systems.

Joe Pluta
www.plutabrothers.com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernd Schaefers
>
> Well, I guess some IBMers are thinking deeply right now. Legal?
> ethical? Not
> sure, but we paid a good price for the machines, and we can
> program and run on
> it what we want. But perhaps it's similar to cracking demo
> software. Not sure at
> all.
>
> Bernd
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Galgano"
>
> > Bernd:
> > I read that yesterday and was very intrigued.  I am going to
> try it over at
> > a client's tomorrow.  It seems VERY interesting.  What does IBM
> say about
> > this?  Is it legal?  Is it ethical?  This could be an
> interesting thread.
> > cjg