Open Mainframe Project
Open Mainframe Project is a Collaborative Project managed by the
Development priorities for the project in 2016 include OpenJDK, Docker, and Hyperledger.[7]
In February 2016 the Linux Foundation announced new members had joined the Open Mainframe Project: Hitachi Data Systems, Sine Nomine Associates, East Carolina University, and DataKinetics, a 35% expansion in the overall membership. Canonical, the organization behind Ubuntu, has also joined. Part of the announcement was the launch of a summer intern program.
Projects
Zowe
Zowe is the first open source project for z/OS. It was announced in August 2018 at SHARE in St. Louis together with the open beta release of version 0.9 that contained contributions from[IBM, Computer Associates, and Rocket Software.[8] Version 1.0 was released in February 2019.[9] In September 2019 Phoenix Software International obtained Zowe conformance for their (E)JES Command Line Interface plugins and REST API extension.[10]
Zowe narrows the skills gap between new and legacy z/OS developers by offering the choice to work with z/OS either through a
The Zowe conformance program provides certification accreditation to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and System Integrators (SIs) building and distributing Zowe extensions.[14]
See also
References
- ^ "FLOSS Weekly 466 Open Mainframe Project | TWiT.TV". TWiT.tv. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Ron Miller (16 August 2015). "Linux Foundation Launches Open Mainframe Project". TechCrunch.
- ^ Jon Brodkin (17 August 2015). "IBM makes push for Linux customers with Ubuntu mainframes". Ars Technica.
- ^ Ben Sullivan (17 August 2015). "IBM Linux-Only Mainframe, Joins Open Mainframe Project". TechWeekEurope UK.
- ^ Swapnil Bhartiya (17 August 2015). "IBM launches LinuxONE at LinuxCon, announces Open Mainframe Project". CIO. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ Sean Michael Kerner (17 August 2015). "IBM Launches New Linux Mainframes and Open Mainframe Project". ServerWatch.
- ^ Richard Chirgwin (23 February 2016). "Penguinistas slide into a big, blue mainframe ocean". The Register.
- ^ Project, Open Mainframe. "Open Mainframe Project Announces the Launch of Zowe - an Open Source Framework that Strengthens Integration with Modern Enterprise Applications". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Open Mainframe Project Advances Modern Mainframe with Production Ready Zowe 1.0". The Linux Foundation. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Mainframe: Bridging the Divide with Zowe and Phoenix Software International | Phoenix Software International". phoenixsoftware.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Zowe Explorer - Visual Studio Marketplace". marketplace.visualstudio.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Zowe". www.broadcom.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "zowe - npm search". www.npmjs.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Zowe Conformance Program". Open Mainframe Project. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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