"Affordable desktop mainframes" is a matter of marketing policy, not technology.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Kent Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 12:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: POWER6 on zSeries? Hopefully not far off topic, but this recently published article indicates that IBM may merge i, p and z series processors using POWER6. At one time I recall seeing an official IBM statement saying that this would never happen because of the unique requirements for (at that time) S/390 Architecture. Any thoughts on whether this is pure speculation, or if it is a real possibilty due to economics, advances in technology or perhaps a desire to make zSeries less costly and broaden the market? Could this result in affordable desktop mainframes (so we don't need to worry about whether IBM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
