I've sent Luis an email to see if he has any updates.
@Luis Carlos Silva
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Mark Regan
Consultant, z/OS Network Software
Nationwide Insurance, Retired
Utica OH
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri April 07, 2023 12:50 PM
From: Mark Regan
Subject: Is ZD&T for Learners Edition ever coming back?
My guess is that it will come back as a cloud-based version. When, who knows?
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Mark Regan
Consultant, z/OS Network Software
Nationwide Insurance, Retired
Utica OH
Original Message:
Sent: Wed April 05, 2023 03:08 PM
From: William Dias De Sousa
Subject: Is ZD&T for Learners Edition ever coming back?
I bet many were happy when IBM announced ZD&T Learners Edition a few years ago, and I was definitely one of them.
Here in the community I found a post from Mark Regan, in which he got his ZD&T running back in June 2022, and other threads from people facing issues to renew their license, so it tells me at least a few people got the taste of the Learners Edition. But then at some point it stopped being distributed.
There's still this page about how to qualify for it: IBM ZD&T for Learners Edition
However if you follow the steps you should reach the https://www.ibm.com/products/z-development-test-environment/pricing page where Learners Edition is not mentioned, except for this statement:
"What happened to ZD&T for Learner's Edition?
Learner's Edition is currently being updated and will return soon."
ZD&T docs mention Learner's Edition up to v13.3.x and then it is removed from the latest v14.0.x documentation.
So, is ZD&T for Learners Edition ever coming back? Maybe with a different name or model.
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William Dias De Sousa
Mainframe Performance & Capacity Consultant
DXC Technology
ON
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