On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:58:54 -0400, Charles Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>1. Last I knew, VM was heavily used by the IBM z/OS developers. > >2. My impression is that VM is a strategic part of IBM's Linux commitment. > >Charles > I don't know about the z/OS developer part, but everything I've seen points to your second item, Charles. There's a huge emphasis on z/VM as a key part of the System z virtualization strategy, and Linux is at the center of that. Furthermore, we cut the price on z/VM pretty dramatically a year or two ago (50% rings a bell) to further encourage its use. Whenever my colleagues and I speak about Linux on System z, VM is central to that discussion. Yeah, there have been pendulum swings back and forth on VM over the years. It's part of the normal business cycle - sometimes certain strategies seem to make sense, and sometimes, when viewed in an "expense reduction environment", they don't. Now IBM could well make a left-turn on it again, but I believe as of right now, it's viewed as a key product in the mainframe strategy. VM was my first "interactive experience" on the mainframe; we used it for student programming at the University of Missouri when I attended in the early 80s. It was great then, and it still is. Other virtualization products can only dream of being as good! :-) (I am not an official spokesperson for IBM!!) ---- Bill Seubert System z Software I/T Architect IBM Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
