Good luck, Gary. I do hope your organization can pull this off. VM-ers need more employment possibilities....:-)
I gather from some of your previous posts to this list that your Windows support software, z/VOS, is in fact a sophisticated CMS-based application, that is a user would log onto a CMS user id to start his Windows system....is my understanding correct? Thanks and have a good one. DJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary M. Dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Nice idea in blog: Should we toss x86 architecture Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:02:33 -0500 > This was our post to the zd net blog. > > > "Maybe we already have. > > In Q1 2009 Mantissa will deliver a system that permits > unaltered Windows operating systems to run under z/VM. > Using a desktop appliance running RDC, users will be able > to connect to their virtual Windows images running in the > VM environment. Goodbye desktop hardware, remote > maintenance, high power consumption, machine order lead > time. > > z/VOS began with the observation that most Windows > workstations do practically nothing 95% of the time and we > were so intrigued with the idea of being able to actually > run an intel-based operating system under IBM VM that we > never looked back. VM provided a natural platform for > development of this product. > > The product has been a bear for the development group but > the thought of being able to run 3000 copies of Windows on > one System z so fascinated the team that we needed very > little additional incentive. > > Let's hope IBM can ramp up System z production." > > > Why wait until 2016? > --. .- .-. -.-- > > Gary Dennis > Mantissa Corporation > > On 7/22/08 11:14 AM, "Bob Heerdink" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9183 > > > > "Should we toss x86 architecture and wipe the slate with > > something greene r > > and more scalable?" > > > > "Windows Server 2016 128-bit edition running virtualized > > on z/VM in a gre en > > datacenter, accessed via my house from a thin client > > over high-speed fibe r > > optic connection. I can see it now." > > > > Hope this happens sooner than predicted, > > Bob > >
