Interesting (first) point - the support costs are a "no brainer".
>From what I can gather, Linuz on zSeries (as in little zed) has been a
spectacular failure in this part of the world.
Wonder if issues such as this (which I hadn't even thought of) contribute to
the inertia.

Shane ...

From: "McKown, John"
>
> Using Linux will increase your costs. Why? First, in order to get WAS to
> be supported by IBM in a Linux environment, you must run specific
> versions/distributions of Linux. These are not free (as in beer).
> Second, you must have at least one person who knows how to install,
> customize, and maintain Linux on zSeries.

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