Yep, it is Mark indeed. My mistake. I should not type at work. :) -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Smrcina Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 2:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/VM usability
Umm... that's Mark Hessling. Paul Raulerson wrote: > Well - Linux works now, and can talk to all the CP services. Linux also > comes with Rexx (Regina), XEdit (THE Editor from Tim Hessling), and > pipes that are roughly equivalent to CMS Pipelines. Named pipes and > message queues and such are all available and under Linux and Solaris, > very heavily used. > > The biggest darn problem is that Linux is not very efficient compared to > CMS (or mvs, z/.OS, OS/390, etc.) which was written with the IBM arch. > in mind, and probably in assembler to boot. > > Linux is quite capable and fast on a zSeries machine, but not as fast as > or anywhere near as efficient as CMS. > > Music is pretty good I suppose. > > -Paul -- Rich Smrcina VM Assist, Inc. Phone: 414-491-6001 Ans Service: 360-715-2467 rich.smrcina at vmassist.com Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2007 - Green Bay, WI - May 18-22, 2007
