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 >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS-devel mailing list >> CentOS-devel at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-devel mailing list > CentOS-devel at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel