History and Modernity
MVS is now a part of z/OS, older MVS releases are no longer supported by IBM and since 2007 only 64-bit z/OS releases are supported. z/OS supports running older 24-bit and 31-bit MVS applications alongside 64-bit applications.
MVS releases up to 3.8j (24-bit, released in 1981) were freely available and it is now possible to run the MVS 3.8j release in mainframe emulators for free.
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“We aspire to be something more than stupid and timid chattels, pretending to read history and our Bibles, but desecrating every house and every day we breathe in.”
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