Re: IBM i in the cloud (was social media)

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Henrik, I can't agree that you can't get free i resources. If a person 
can get along on an earlier release (V5R3), there are free timeshare 
options that are available 24/7 (at least one has been mentioned here). 
And IBM's virtual loaner program gives you V5R4 and up. The latter 
forces you to request a new reservation every 16-17 days, but that's not 
the worst thing I can think of. You are able to save your work and use 
the image to start the new reservation.

So you do pay something - some inconvenience.

One can learn a lot of ILE RPG at V5R3.

BTW, the Open Access: RPG offering is installable on the virtual loaner 
programs - it's there in the images with which you can install other 
licensed programs. It's kept in the 7.1 directory and installs in both 
6.1 and 7.1 - so you CAN work with it freely. Donations and thanks can 
be sent to my personal benevolence fund.

Now are you saying, since you suggest others do it, that you have spare 
space to offer to participants on these lists?

:-)

Vern

On 11/15/2010 1:52 PM, Henrik RÃtzou wrote:
> If you need an IBM i resource of some kind to be avalilable 24/7, you have
> to
> pay one way of the other exactly as you pay for the milk in the supermarket.
>
> But if you just want to have access to test your system on a Crazy CCSid
> etc.,
> I'm sure you can find someone in the forums that could provide you to that
> service.
>
> Gent's - use your network - it is a matter of trust !