On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:28:29 -0500, McKown, John wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe >> >> But, Linux runs on z. Windows doesn't. It's a big step in the right >> direction. > >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 > But why would anyone choose to run Windows on z? Aside from:
o He can afford a z, but not a PC (stranger things have happened). o He's titillated by the sheer irony of running notoriously unreliable software on outstandingly reliable hardware. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
