Looks nice. Right now, from my perspective, the "war" is between the z and Intel based servers. A less expensive z server might be nice. One problem I've noticed is the lower cost of entry for Intel. Granted, once we are comparing equally sized environments, the z come in well. But, too often, the comparison is "one z" versus "one Intel" server. The z loses in this case.
Of course, this still does not address the horrendous cost of software for the z, especially z/OS. Comparing a z penguin farm (Linux) to an Intel penguin farm, the z would almost always win. The only case where I can think of Intel beating z would be in a compute intensive application. Also, z/VM still makes VMWare look sick and immature. -- John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
