Hmmm. So neither organization wants to use Linux on z because they can't control it completely :-)
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:33 AM, McKown, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf > > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:25 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Just for consideration: offloading regex > > processing to zIIP / zAAP? > > > I would, if I had such a beastie! What is really upsetting is that I had > an IFL on the z/890 and when we upgraded to the z9BC, my manager told > IBM that we no longer wanted it at all. So I lost it. Now we are again > considering the possibility of Linux on z, but I'm not holding my > breath. The "open" people aren't likely to want it because they can't > control it totally like they could an Intel server and the others in my > group would probably not want to be bothered with it either. > > In any case, this might be difficult to use in a production environment > around here. Most likely, I'd need to keep the Linux code on z/OS, > transfer it to Linux, then execute it. That would be so that our change > management system could manage it. I'd also possibly have a large > political battle on my hands. But then I'd likely have that just trying > to use UNIX programming tools even on z/OS, seeing as how I'm the only > Tech Services person who knows Perl, awk, sed, et al. The others, as I > mentioned, don't seem to be much interested in UNIX. <shrug> > > -- > John McKown > Senior Systems Programmer > HealthMarkets > Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage > Administrative Services Group > Information Technology > > The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged > and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are > not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, > reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is > strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal > offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the > sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing > it. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
