<s>
Open	B-Application
Mainframe	I-Application
Project	I-Application
is	O
a	O
Collaborative	O
Project	O
managed	O
by	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
to	O
encourage	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Linux-based	O
operating	O
systems	O
and	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
on	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
August	O
17	O
,	O
2015	O
and	O
was	O
driven	O
by	O
IBM	O
,	O
a	O
major	O
supplier	O
of	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
hardware	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
16	O
other	O
founding	O
members	O
,	O
that	O
included	O
SUSE	O
,	O
CA	O
Technologies	O
,	O
BMC	O
Software	O
,	O
Compuware	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
clients	O
and	O
partners	O
such	O
as	O
RSM	O
Partner	O
,	O
Vicom	O
Infinity	O
,	O
L3C	O
LLP	O
and	O
ADP	O
,	O
and	O
academic	O
institutions	O
such	O
as	O
Marist	O
College	O
and	O
University	O
of	O
Bedfordshire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coincident	O
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
,	O
IBM	O
also	O
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Canonical	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
available	O
for	O
their	O
high-end	O
z	O
Systems	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
priorities	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
in	O
2016	O
include	O
OpenJDK	B-Language
,	O
Docker	B-Language
and	O
Hyperledger	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2016	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
announced	O
new	O
members	O
had	O
joined	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Mainframe	I-Application
Project	I-Application
:	O
Hitachi	O
Data	O
Systems	O
,	O
Sine	O
Nomine	O
Associates	O
,	O
East	O
Carolina	O
University	O
and	O
DataKinetics	O
,	O
a	O
35%	O
expansion	O
in	O
the	O
overall	O
membership	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Canonical	O
,	O
the	O
organization	O
behind	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
has	O
also	O
joined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zowe	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
open	O
source	O
project	O
for	O
z/OS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2019	O
Phoenix	O
Software	O
International	O
obtained	O
Zowe	O
conformance	O
for	O
their	O
(	O
E	O
)	O
JES	O
Command	B-Application
Line	I-Application
Interface	I-Application
plugins	O
and	O
REST	O
API	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
narrows	O
the	O
skills	O
gap	O
between	O
new	O
and	O
legacy	O
z/OS	B-Application
developers	O
by	O
offering	O
the	O
choice	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
z/OS	B-Application
either	O
through	O
a	O
Command	B-Application
Line	I-Application
Interface	I-Application
,	O
a	O
"	O
Zowe	O
Explorer	O
"	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
extension	O
,	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
served	O
from	O
the	O
Zowe	O
Application	O
Framework	O
,	O
or	O
through	O
REST	O
APIs	O
and	O
web	O
sockets	O
served	O
through	O
the	O
API	O
Mediation	O
Layer	O
.	O
</s>
