The modern rise of open source software on the mainframe has increased innovation and collaboration on the platform in a way we’ve never seen before. But as a user or developer on the platform, how do you keep track of all these new projects? And how do you see whether an interesting new open source tool you found works on mainframes? And does it work on IBM z/OS, or just Linux?
In this video, IBM’s Elizabeth Joseph explores some of the consolidation efforts to make it easier to search for open source projects like the Open Mainframe Project’s Software Discovery Tool and the Open Mainframe Project Interactive Landscape. From there I’ll highlight some of the vendor-driven open source repositories that are available, and where to find those. I’ll conclude by sharing some best practices for figuring out how to find out for yourself whether something works on the platform, from keywords to search for to simply giving it a try yourself.
This video was part of the Open Mainframe Project content at IBM TechXchange‘s Community Day, which took place on October 21 in Las Vegas. Some of the other videos from Open Mainframe Project’s track at Community Day, can be found here. Photos from the event can be found here.
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