[CentOS-devel] CentOS for IBM Mainframes.

Wed Feb 21 14:12:13 UTC 2018
David Edelsohn <dje.gcc at gmail.com>

I inquired a little more about IBM interest in CentOS. If the CentOS
Community would like to support CentOS, IBM would like to help. It
would be great if the ClefOS port for Z could be folded back into
CentOS.

Thanks, David

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 3:22 PM, Javier Romero <xavinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, understood.
>
> Thanks for your answer.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> El 20 feb. 2018 4:16 p. m., "David Edelsohn" <dje.gcc at gmail.com> escribió:
>
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 1:57 PM, Javier Romero <xavinux at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi David,
>>
>>> IBM can and does provide raw z/VM VMs at Marist or Syracuse for other
>>> Linux distros, such as Debian.....
>>
>> Yes, I 've had access to an OpenStack instance on a Z13 Mainframe
>> though Marist (testing Docker images on s390x arquitecture for the
>> Open Mainframe Project).
>
> Just to clarify, I am not referring to OpenStack instances of
> pre-installed Linux distros at Marist.  With proper justification, IBM
> sponsorship, and knowledge about z/VM, one can obtain raw z/VM
> accounts.
>
> Thanks, David
>
>>
>>> If there is a group of CentOS developers who want to bootstrap and
>>> maintain it, the resources probably can be made available.....
>>
>> I'm interested in contirbuting on this.
>>
>> Thanks for your answer.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> 2018-02-20 15:40 GMT-03:00 David Edelsohn <dje.gcc at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>> Javier Romero writes:
>>>
>>>> Is there any chance that IBM donate this hardware for the CentOS
>>>> project? Think that will be also useful for that company to have
>>>> another Linux distro running on their Z Systems.
>>>
>>> IBM can and does provide raw z/VM VMs at Marist or Syracuse for other
>>> Linux distros, such as Debian. That is what you really need, not
>>> "hardware".  The discussion about donating hardware is off track.
>>>
>>> The Debian support is completely community driven and maintained. If
>>> there is a group of CentOS developers who want to bootstrap and
>>> maintain it, the resources probably can be made available. If this is
>>> a request for IBM to enable CentOS on IBMz, that is an orthogonal
>>> discussion about IBM resources and likely would require IBM customer
>>> demand.
>>>
>>> Thanks, David
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