On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 09:33:40 -0500, William Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I guess I did not adequately qualify my original question...let me try again... > >Why doesn't IBM create a special purpose engine, similar to the IFL, for AIX. >Lets call it an IFA. Would not AIX running on a zSeriers special purpose >engines generate benefits similar to Linux on IFL's. Because there would be no financial benefit to IBM to do so. It would: - cost money to implement IFAs - cost money to virtualize IFAs - cost money to port AIX to System z - compete with AIX on System p - create another platform on which IBM and other middleware would have to be ported and certified >From a customer perspective, it would eliminate the option of using open software on System z. Alan Altmark z/VM Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
