Linux runs well on PowerPC which is CPU for AIX, OS/390, and OS/400. So
for IBM Linux could be MVS (their mainframe OS) for 21 centure as well.
Jacob
Charles Forsythe wrote:
>
> > And who thinks that the big heads at IBM have other reasons for supporting
> > java [than] ... java hurts M$.
>
> I don't work for IBM, but here is my best guess at a better reason for
> them to support Java: the "write once run anywhere" promise.
>
> Consider all of the systems that IBM *currently* ships: AIX, OS/390,
> OS/400, OS/2, and now (drum roll please) Linux. Not only that, but IBM
> also makes sure that its systems integrate with Windows.
>
> Maybe they support Linux just to piss of Microsoft, but Java is "the
> Cobol of the 21st Century"* for IBM. For this reason, IBM has taken
> control of its own Java destiny and is producing the best JVMs around.
>
> -Charles
> * Rough quote from "Java and the AS/400" (and IBM white paper). BTW,
> IBM's new Java support for the AS/400 is really cool; it's NOT a JVM.
>
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