I feel like I’m arguing with the same people who thought the mainframe was going to be obsolete by Y2K. Very poor fit NOW. In 10 years, perhaps not.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 9:28 AM, Jay Maynard <[email protected]> wrote: Yes, it is, because quantum computing enables solving classes of problems that current machines can't. But it is a very poor fit for the overwhelming majority of computing tasks today. Put another way: a z/Series vector facility isn't going to do much good computing payroll. Neither is a quantum system. On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 8:21 AM Bill Johnson < [email protected]> wrote: > Billions is being spent on developing quantum computing. I doubt it’s > because they’ve got money to waste. > > > https://newsroom.ibm.com/2023-05-21-IBM-Launches-100-Million-Partnership-with-Global-Universities-to-Develop-Novel-Technologies-Towards-a-100,000-Qubit-Quantum-Centric-Supercomputer > > > https://thenextweb.com/news/europes-throwing-billions-at-quantum-computers-will-it-pay-off > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, 11:29 PM, zMan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bill, Bill, Bill. Stick to stuff you know something about. IF quantum > computers ever become realistically powerful, they will have VERY specific > uses. They are not suited for general-purpose computing. Nobody even > quantum-adjacent disputes that, as even the most cursory reading of the > research papers will tell you, > > Note also that quantum machines with the many-thousands of qubits needed > for real use have been "almost here" for quite some time; most people who > aren't scamming money admit that they don't know when or even if they're > actually achievable. Which doesn't make the research a bad thing, of > course. Just keep your hand on your wallet. > > On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 9:21 PM Bill Johnson < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Quantum computing is the future. And IBM is the leader. > > > https://www.forbes.com/sites/karlfreund/2023/06/14/ibm-achieves-breakthrough-in-quantum-computing/ > > > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, 8:47 PM, Jon Perryman <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > IBM RHEL announced it's move to closed source (IBM RedHat Enterprise > > Linux). With some changes, DB2, RACF and other z/OS products could run in > > Linux on z16 in one sysplexed Linux image. We know it's possible because > > IBM moved Unix and TCP into z/OS. IBM RHEL said closed source would force > > non-paying customers to buy RHEL licenses but this makes no sense. > > Something else must be in play. > > I created a survey at https://forms.gle/ZTPXsDJo8Z4H93sv7 to gain > > insights into IBM's decision to close source RHEL. You can skip the > survey > > if you don't want to take it and view the survey results through this > > website. Feel free to pass this along. > > I think IBM wants to integrate z/OS products to retain their investments > > and expand their customer base.. > > Why is the z/OS community ignoring IBM RHEL closed source? Are software > > vendors preparing their products for Linux? > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > -- > zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
