> Who else produces mainframes???????? What is the market share of the > competition
It all depends on your definition of a mainframe. If one defines mainframe as "IBM compatible", then the answer is none. If mainframe means a wicked powerful computer, then there are a number of them. Remember BUNCH? (Burroughs, Univac, NCR, Control Data and Honeywell). None were IBM-compatible but all were mainframes. Hitachi has a mainframe that runs a proprietary OS, but as Bill pointed out they used to have an IBM-compatible processor as did Amdahl. Many clustered PC systems would qualify as big honking systems that are not IBM compatible. Bob Shannon Rocket Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
