>>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 9:42 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Comstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > * "With the addition, ISU becomes the only public university in > the state to offer its technology students both an undergraduate > program in enterprise computing and hands-on access to such an > IBM mainframe." > > Really? Has IBM abandonded NIU?
Based on Michael Stack's note, that happened quite a while back. But, even if it hadn't, does IBM have to give NIU the same thing it gives anyone else? I would rather see them donate hardware and software to as many different places as possible. UMR would be one such place, since that's where I got my CSc degree. I'm positive there would be many other good choices. > I didn't see it in this article, but someone already posted that > it seems the software is Linux (probably with z/VM), not z/OS; > is z/OS still IBM's "flagship operating system"? Oh, to be sure. Just the fact that 99% of the world (that knows about such things) thinks "mainframe" == "z/OS" indicates that. I've worked with z/OS, z/VM, and Linux concurrently. As such, I get to hear all the complaining about that fact. So, to me, hearing people complaining about "what, not z/OS?" is like complaining about ISU verus NIU. IBM can't throw a bone (and a relatively small one at that: z890?) to its poor neglected other children without being called stupid, or dishonest? Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
