Just to make a point...there are more than IBM and Unisys in the (what I believe to be the true, IMHO) mainframe game.
There's Groupe Bull, Fujitsu-Siemens, Fujitsu and Hitachi. (Not all are available in the USA, two due to legal reasons.) And the F-S systems have their own version of Unix that can run under their own hypervisor (VM2000). -- M. Ray Mullins Roseville, CA, USA http://www.catherdersoftware.com/ http://www.mrmullins.big-bear-city.ca.us/ http://www.the-bus-stops-here.org/ German is essentially a form of assembly language consisting entirely of far calls heavily accented with throaty guttural sounds. --ilvi > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John S. Giltner, Jr. > Sent: Tuesday 27 December 2005 14:22 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DMV systems? > > as400 wrote: > > Well, thanks for this information..I really appreciate it... > > > > And lastly, can Solaris (UNIX) be ran on a Mainframe or > not? Because > > you said: > > > > " would say that most of the systems were mainframe based (IBM and > > Unisys) and non-Unix based OS's:" > > > > Please advise. > > > > It depends on your definition of what a "mainframe" is. That > I am aware of Solaris can only be run on x86 systems and > systems based on Sun's Sparc processor. I have not seen a > x86 system or a Sparc system labeled as a "mainframe." I > have seen some advertised as "mainframe like performance" and > "mainframe like relibility", but I have not (at least I do > not remember any) seen Sun advertise one of their boxes as a > mainframe. > > If you remove the "(IBM and Unisys)" you have: > > " would say that most system were mainframe based and > non-Unix based OS 's". > > Meaning both mainframe and non-Unix. As Solaris is Unix it > does not fit in the above category. The reason for my > statements is that I know that IBM is not the only company > that has made mainframes and that mainframe traditionally do > not run a OS that is called "Unix." You hear about people > with IBM mainframes running z/OS, z/VM, etc or I have a > Unisys xxx running MCP (I think that is the OS name). > > The part where it starts getting confusing is that z/OS is > branded "Unix", as is it predecessors (MVS with the Open > Edition option and OS/390). When most people say Unix they > mean things like AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, and SCO Unix. They > normally do not mean z/OS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
