In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
on 12/16/2005
at 08:58 AM, "McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>There is only one UNIX branded OS that runs on zSeries hardware.
What about z/VM?
>Again, depending on __exactly__ what __you__ need to do, Linux may
>be the __best__ (for some value of "best") choice.
There might not be a single best choice. One option is to run both
z/OS and Linux in the same box.
>One of my dreams/fantasies in the past was to be able to have an
>ADCD system
If IBM were to offer you a Hercules-based ADCD, would that fit your
budget? They don't[1] do so now and have shown no willingness to do so
in the future.
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 12/16/2005
at 09:00 PM, "John S. Giltner, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>No Linux does not require z/VM on the mainframe.
True.
>It can run on "bare metal" or in a LPAR.
True. However, if you want to run hundreds of Linux images then you
need z/VM. That may be what the OP was thinking of.
[1] If they are licensing anybody to run z/OS under Hercules, they are
not going public with the fact. They did at one point in the past,
but have since changed course.
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ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
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