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I ask in the opposite direction. Why IBM have no "micro-mainframes" or workstations so small companies and developers get on the game? I see the problem with

by mamcx 7y ago

I ask in the opposite direction. Why IBM have no "micro-mainframes" or workstations so small companies and developers get on the game? I see the problem with legacy code but then the big issue is how build new code in a platform where the hardware is so expensive?

avar 7y ago
There are emulators for z/OS and friends, you can use those on a PC.
- mamcx 7y ago
  Yeah, but emulators are always subpar. And the question is why not mini-mainframes?
pusherpop 7y ago
Use an emulator like Hercules. IBM refuse to licence their mainframe OSs to run on Hercules, however. This is a shame because it prevents interested devs getting easily acquainted with the mainframe platform.