IBM i Licensing, Part 2: Subscriptions Change Everything

In a very funny way, the licensing of the IBM i platform is coming full circle with the advent of subscription pricing – with some funny curlicues along the way with over three decades of software licensing history and an even longer history of Big Blue renting, rather than selling, its software. When IBM first delivered its punch card machines, way way back, they were only available for rent, not for sale. The long arm of the law taught IBM to have some optionality, and it thus sold mainframes and minicomputers as well as leasing and renting them.

But before

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017 Jesse, Matthew and Yeshua The Three IBM i-migos!

017 On this episode, I welcome to the back to the show Open-Source guru Jesse Gorzinski from IBM, Matthew Weier O’Phinney Zend product manager from Perforce, and Yeshua Hall senior solutions architect from Perforce. 

We have a candid conversation on the state of PHP (it’s not dead folks), touch on containerization, DevOps, and getting started with open-source.  And the guys share a couple customer success stories. 

Jesse Gorzinski, Senior Business Architect – Open Source Software on IBM i at IBM
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Matthew Weier O’Phinney, Zend Product Manager / Principal Engineer
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www.zend.com
getlaminas.org
Twitter: @mwop
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Yeshua Hall, Senior Solutions Architect & Community Steward
Email:  [email protected]
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One incredible Th(i)ng!  Products, gadgets, recipes, music, or things we are loving right now.

Jesse’s pick for the week:
On a mission to try the top 10 hottest peppers! 
https://pepperhead.com/

Matthew’s pick for this week:
Zentangle artwork
 Check out Matthew’s work here!

Yeshua’s pick for this week:
Getting closer to nature with a bold move to Washington state.

Peg’s pick for the week:
Shrimp and Grits – New Orleans style!

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This episode is sponsored by…

COMMON
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Midrange Dynamics Change Management Software – Built for IBM i modernization!
https://www.midrangedynamics.com/

Rowton IT
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