The article about IBM and Linux mainframes is also on ZDNET. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-822850.html
A new Linux-only mainframe model that IBM will announce Friday is the strongest indication so far of the company's enthusiasm for uniting the comparatively new operating system with the decades-old business computer line. The refrigerator-sized machine running only Linux will be formally announced at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo show in New York next week and will begin shipping by the end of March, said Pete McCaffrey, director of IBM's zSeries mainframe group. (more at the site.) I agree with John, This is great news. If the Linux machines are there, the will encourage the experimentation with the Linux desktop apps. I wonder if IBM sees this as possible retribution for the tactics that Microsoft used to keep IBM OS/2 and Warp out of the mainstream. Sort of an "If we can't have it, neither can you." Chuck Lingo John Hebert wrote: > > IBM Announces First Linux-only Mainframes > Posted by Hemos on Friday January 25, @08:02AM > from the big-step-up dept. > A reader writes "The new Z-series mainframe for Linux, which costs $400,000 > and is aimed at processing transactions at large businesses, is IBM's first > mainframe computer sold without IBM's traditional z/OS mainframe operating > system. More info at the IBM zSeries page" This is something that IBM and > others of Big Iron vendors of *NIX have said - as Linux grows in maturity, > they want to replace their *NIX with Linux. However, there's still work to > be done in that area. > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/01/25/1254250 > > My take: This is good news, really good news! Especially since this > represents a possible opportunity for me to work on something other M$ > solutions. We have plenty of customers who have Big Iron. I'm pumped! > > John Hebert > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
