Because the "Window Server" Application is not available in native z or Linux and they want the reliability of the zHardware :)
Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 3:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Computerworld: London Stock Exchange to Abandon Windows > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
