Open Mainframe Project

Open Mainframe Project is a Collaborative Project managed by the Linux Foundation to encourage the use of Linux-based operating systems and open source software on mainframe computers.[ 1] The project was announced on August 17, 2015, and it was driven by IBM, a major supplier of mainframe hardware. It also had 16 other founding members, including SUSE, CA Technologies, BMC Software, Compuware, and RSM Partner, Vicom Infinity, L3C LLP, and ADP. It also had clients and partners like Marist College and the University of Bedfordshire. 2] Coincident with the announcement, IBM also announced a partnership with Canonical to make the Ubuntu operating system available for their high-end z Systems hardware.[ 3][4][5][6]
Development priorities for the project in 2016 include OpenJDK, Docker, and Hyperledger.[ 7]
The Linux Foundation announced in February 2016 that Hitachi Data Systems, Sine Nomine Associates, East Carolina University, and DataKinetics had joined the Open Mainframe Project—a 35% increase in membership overall. Ubuntu’s parent company, Canonical, 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. In August of 2018, it was made public 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] In February 2019, [] Version 1.0 was made available. 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 Command Line Interface, a “Zowe Explorer” Visual Studio extension,[11] a web browser served from the Zowe Application Framework, or through REST APIs and web sockets served through the API Mediation Layer.[ 12] Zowe is a tool-expandable platform that lets you add new applications to the web desktop, onboard REST APIs to the API Mediation Layer, and use CLI plugins to extend the platform. The Zowe conformance program provides certification accreditation to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and System Integrators (SIs) building and distributing Zowe extensions.[ 14]
Also see Linux on IBM Z
References
“FLOSS Weekly 466 Open Mainframe Project | TWiT.TV”. TWiT.tv. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
Ron Miller (16 August 2015). “Open Mainframe Project Launched by the Linux Foundation.” TechCrunch.
Jon Brodkin on August 17th, 2015 “Ubuntu mainframes help IBM win over Linux customers.” Technica, Ars. Ben Sullivan (17 August 2015). “IBM Linux-Only Mainframe, Joins Open Mainframe Project”. UK TechWeekEurope. Swapnil Bhartiya (17 August 2015). “Open Mainframe Project and IBM launch LinuxONE at LinuxCon” CIO. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. The 31st of March, 2016 Sean Michael Kerner’s birthday is August 17th. “IBM Launches New Linux Mainframes and Open Mainframe Project”. ServerWatch.
23 February 2016, Richard Chirgwin “Penguin enthusiasts descend into a vast, blue mainframe ocean.” The Register.
Open Mainframe Project Press release at www.prnewswire.com titled “Open Mainframe Project Announces the Launch of Zowe – an Open Source Framework that Strengthens Integration with Modern Enterprise Applications.” Retrieved 7 February 2020.
“Production-Ready Zowe 1.0 Advances Modern Mainframe,” according to the Open Mainframe Project. The Linux Foundation. 11 February 2019. [Permanent dead link] Retrieved on February 14, 2020 Phoenix Software International’s “Mainframe: Bridging the Divide with Zowe and Phoenix Software International | Phoenix Software International” Retrieved 14 February 2020.
marketplace.visualstudio.com, “Zowe Explorer – Visual Studio Marketplace.” 14 February 2020. Retrieved “Zowe”. www.broadcom.com. the 7th of February, 2020. www.npmjs.com, “zowe – npm search.” Retrieved 14 February 2020.
“Program of Conformity Zowe.” Open Mainframe Project. Retrieved 14 February 2020.