On a related topic - Does anyone have opinions on the trade press rumors that the next z frames will house not only z-architecture engines but also power and x64 "blades"?
In particular, how would you see these being used? what advantage would you see/imagine in putting power or x64 blades in the same box as z-engines (vs separate boxes)? (but please, don't vector off into a Windows-bashing discussion... non-z arch blades could also run linux/solaris/aix/bsd/etc. Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
