> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe > Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 11:20 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Computerworld: London Stock Exchange to Abandon Windows > > Ken Porowski wrote: > > Full article > > > > > http://blogs.computerworld.com/london_stock_exchange_to_abando > n_failed_w > > indows_platform > > > > Looks like they picked Linux as the platform to go forward with. > > Probably not on z though. > > > > But, Linux runs on z. Windows doesn't. It's a big step in the right > direction. > > -- > Edward E Jaffe
Proportedly, Windows can run on z. z/VOS (CMS based) from Mantissa is said to allow MS Windows (unmodified) to run under z/VM. It is some sort of "jit" type intepreter / compiler for x86. http://www.mantissa.com/SHARE-conference -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
