Matt, First, I don't understand how a "technoronin" can have a boss :-) I only saw OS360 through Brook's Mythical Man Month; by the time I did fortran on big iron it was VM/CMS. But if you have the hardware drawing power already, then sure, cluster 'em :-) Peter
On 6/24/08, Matt Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Peter St. John wrote: > > MS isn't famous for new development (as scientists see "new development") >> but a few hundred engineers would not be such a big investment for them. >> >> I'd be more interested in a comparison of that many whatever, quad core >> xeon? running linux vs MS's running Cluster Server 2008. CP/M could be a >> pretty powerful OS if it ran on enough nodes :-) and of course I think of >> XP >> as CP/M v.99 (approximately) (although that isn't fair to VMS, the >> forebear >> of NT) >> > > I'm sorely tempted to try to run a cluster of OS/360 systems just to say it > has been done. Should be pretty easy using Hercules/390. > > Since my boss reads this list, I'm not sure if he will be amused or > appalled at the idea. probably both. > > -- Matt > It's not what I know that counts. > It's what I can remember in time to use. > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >
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