This site is a z/OS and OS/390 operating system information ressource, especially its client/server integration into internet and e-business applications. We believe, z/OS and OS/390 need to be reemphasised in academic education.Many peope still consider zSeries and z/OS obsolete. Few realise that exactly the opposite is true. There are few, if any, system-specific characteristics available on Unix, Linux and Windows platforms, that are not also available under z/OS. On the other hand, there are many leading edge technologies which are only available under z/OS. Examples include hardware protection, more than 65000 attachable I/O devices, superior virtualisation with negligible performance impact, the Sysplex Coupling facility, goal oriented Workload Manager, enclaves and the Persistent Reusable Java Virtual Machine, to name just a few.
The material on this site is planned to be used in colleges and universities to prepare course material for computer science classes. It may also be useful as self study material for professionals getting interested in z/OS and OS/390. It is structured a follows:
Textbook : This is a relative complete but very poorly organised collection of material, which may become a text book if and when I find the time.
Laboratory exercises : This may be the most interesting part. We maintain our own z/OS system jedi.informatik.uni-leipzig.de for student exercises. There are some poweful tutorials how to use the system.
Foils : Most are in German, sorry. I plan a translation.
Other : Contains related interesting information as well as links to other sites
Version 1.03, Sept. 1, 2005. This is the English version of a multilingual site. Klick here to access our main site jedi.informatik.uni-leipzig.de . Comments or contributions are welcome and should be directed to spruth@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de.
