On Tuesday, 02/19/2002 at 10:16 EST, "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I received this item today from InfoWorld. I'm wondering if anyone on the > IBM VM development team could comment if any part of z/VM is being > integrated into this software. (Alan, Romney?) > [snip] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > PARTNERWORLD - IBM AND VMWARE WORK ON PARTITIONING TOOLS > [snip]
No, z/VM is not part of this solution. What seems to be happening in the industry is that z/VM has everyone's attention and is the thing to be emulated on other platforms. VMWare is how you can bring a software-based virtualization and partitioning capability to your Intel box. P.S. I like the reference to the "x360" model; it brings a fond tear to the eye. Maybe we'll have "x370" and "x390", too! (I just hope it's not a 30-year wait!) :-) P.P.S. Remember that z/VM is written in zSeries assembler language and PL/X; not readily portable to other h/w. I don't expect to ever see z/VM as we know and love it on another h/w platform. (Sorry, no ressurection of VM/PC!) Certainly the concepts in VM could be expected to appear elsewhere (as they are now doing). The desire to implement those concepts may even drive h/w changes....who knows? Regards, Alan IBM Senior Software Engineer z/VM Development, Endicott, NY Phone 607.752.6027 fax 607.752.1497 t/l 852
