patrick.mul...@gwl.ca (Mullen, Patrick) writes: > We had an IBMer give a presentation a couple weeks back, an update on > all things z. He mentioned that one of the biggest users of zLinux on > the planet was ADP, who of course use it for...payroll.
from a recent IBM discussion on OS2 .... A non-enduser friendly operating system would have later been up against Linux. One of the reason that prevailed against both m'soft and OS2 in that market was full source being available. A big (early) uptake for Linux was cluster supercomputer "GRID" market ... that also evolves into cloud megadatacenters (claim is that over half of all server chips now ship directly to cloud megadatacenters, likely contributing to IBM selling off its server business; cloud megadatacenter claim they assemble their own systems for 1/3rd the price of brand name systems). Linux was both "free" ... but also there was lots of need for full source to adapt the execution model to large cluster scaleup (both GRID supercomputers and cloud megadatacenters). recent claim 70% of the total number of "real" computers run linux 10% run msoft 10% run ios 5% run Darwin 5% run other stuff also embedded & process control industry, autos with ten or more linux systems, settop boxes, TVs, alarm systems (homes may have 30 linux systems) -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
