I think what Timothy and perhaps others are suggesting, is that Linux may serve as a kind of loss leader for System Z. Say Company XYZ decides to do like IBM and replace 100 Windows/Unix servers with z/VM and Linux. Then, a year later, they are looking for a high-reliability database server. The IBM salesperson now has his/her foot in the door and can, at least, suggest DB2 running on z/OS - running on hardware that the Customer already owns.
--Art At 09:19 AM 8/2/2007, Eric Chevalier wrote: >I went back to the CNNMoney article; it states: "IBM (NYSE: IBM) today >announced that it will consolidate about 3,900 computer servers onto >about 30 System z mainframes running the Linux operating system." > >Now, maybe the CNN article got the details wrong. But IBM's own press >release[1] _also_ states "Linux", not z/OS. (I can imagine those >mainframes running Linux on top of z/VM, but z/VM != z/OS, right?) > >So please, explain again to me how 30 Enterprise Class mainframes >running _Linux_ (I repeat, _Linux_) will lead to more z/OS sysprog >jobs??? > >Eric > >[1]: (http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21945.wss) ================================================== Art Celestini Celestini Development Services Phone: 201-670-1674 Wyckoff, NJ ============= http://celestini.com ============= Mail sent to the "From" address used in this post will be rejected by our server. Please send off- list email to: ibmmain<at-sign>celestini<dot>com. ================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
