Interesting that all replies so far have been technical in nature. I would leap to the conclusion that it is a licensing issue, nothing more. I would make another leap to thinking that granting such a license would be very financially unattractive to both MS and PC hardware folks, so that could mean a very high price to make it financially unattractive to IBM and hence to IBM's customers.
Just speculating, of course. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 5:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Curious statement From IBM AT:http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/22/242070/mainframes-still-not-dead-says-ibm.htm There is a sentence which (I believe) is stand alone and to me it is curiously worded: "We can run Windows on zEnterprise, but we have not decided whether we can justify this financially." I think this says what I have been saying for a long time IBM has gotten Windows to work on the mainframe. Ed NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
