![]() #Installing z/vm on hercules mac os xThink of this act is akin to Hackintoshing (running Mac OS X on a non-Apple PC such as a ThinkPad). While it’s possible to run z/OS and z/VM on x86 hardware using Hercules, it’s a violation of the software license agreement to do so. IBM licenses mainframe software in such a way that end-users are only authorized to run mainframe software on IBM System z hardware. Things changed in 2009 when Roger Bowler, the creator of Hercules sought to monetize his creation by forming a company called TurboHercules to sell Intel x86-powered boxes capable of emulating z/Architecture to run modern IBM operating systems, such as z/OS. Between 19, IBM seemed to have a fairly peaceful relationship with the hobbyist community that ran older versions of IBM operating systems (such as MVS 3.8 and VM/370) and z/Architecture Linux on their PCs using Hercules. So how did IBM and Hercules get to this point? Well, in many ways, this taboo is a more recent occurrence. How could IBM judge me for a crime that I had been too lazy to commit? C’mon, this is starting to sound like thoughtcrime and Big Brother stuff. Sure, I had downloaded Hercules and MVS/380 with the intention of checking it out, but due to Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Bioshock: Infinite, and sundry other distractions, I never seemed to have the time to get it installed. "McBride, you are an impish Scofflaw!!" -imaginary Watsonįrom a legalistic standpoint, I felt wrongly accused. Reading the strongly-worded message, my mind conjured up the image of TJ Watson Senior, the “Father of IBM,” scowling down at me from heaven. It turns out that the CIO’s office had scanned my BYOD Macbook Air, and I was busted for breaking a major IBM taboo: installing the Hercules mainframe emulator on an IBM workstation. Rather, it was a Notes Inbox slap named Action Required: Hercules Detection Report. No, this wasn’t really physical punishment or like hazing like at the Military Academy. ![]() ![]() A few months ago, IBM slapped me on the wrist. ![]()
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