Interesting - Thanks! That'll teach me to ignore those IBM announcements! :)
Michael Coffin, VM Systems Programmer Internal Revenue Service - Room�6030 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C.� 20224 Voice: (202)�927-4188�� FAX:� (202) 622-6726 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: Post, Mark K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: IBM announces LINUX-only 1 to 4 engine zSeries Mike, I was just looking at the announcement of this at http://www-916.ibm.com/press/prnews.nsf/jan/35D3AB24A948979A85256A0E00683D41 . Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Coffin Michael C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: IBM announces LINUX-only 1 to 4 engine zSeries This is odd.... "IBM's new medium-sized zSeries mainframe - the z800 - is being built by Hitachi ..." I've never heard of IBM partnering up with a competitor (which I didn't think Hitachi was anymore, didn't they get out of the mainframe market along with Amdahl?) to manufacture mainframe hardware. Michael Coffin, VM Systems Programmer Internal Revenue Service - Room�6030 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C.� 20224 Voice: (202)�927-4188�� FAX:� (202) 622-6726 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: Phil Payne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 11:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: IBM announces LINUX-only 1 to 4 engine zSeries > Do these processors have internal disk, emulating 3390, or is an external > disk unit included? You must install VM somewhere.... > > Are these just repackaged MP3000 or something really new? They are something really new. http://www.isham-research.com/z800.html -- Phil Payne The Devil's IT Dictionary - last updated 2002/01/28: http://www.isham-research.com/dd.html UK +44 7785 302803 Germany +49 173 6242039
