Well, here's another one. http://www.bigbluesmoke.com/worldnews2.html
The 'IBM unearths Raptor' story is either deliberately intended to mislead, or the author has such a poor appreciation of what IBM did that he/she should be disciplined and not be published again without a stringent review. The statement:"This new baby-frame has been "factory crippled" so that it will only utilize 1-4 cpus and only run "Modern" workloads" is flat and completely wrong in both respects - it may even be actionable, if IBM can be bothered. Firstly, the z800 is NOT crippled in any significant way. It uses a new MCM purpose-developed for the machine. Because it is intended (under other labels) for the Japanese market it has VOS3 functionality - which is a significant plus for the machine. There are a few things that the z800 doesn't support, such as parallel channels - but it also doesn't support VS1:ECPS, byte multiplexor channels or 1401 emulation. What does Sun think it is - a dinosaur? Secondly, and IMO much more seriously - the last paragraph of the story creates the very strong impression that z/OS.e is a prerequisite, not an additional option. In fact, there is no compulsion for anyone (ISV or user) to change ANYTHING to run on a z800. Even most stuff written up to three decades ago will still run. The art of good FUD is to build implications around an indisputable fact. However, these are not facts - they are very misleading lies about IBM's product. They proceed either from quite appalling knowledge of a competitor's product or from malfeasance on someone's part. Whichever it is, it is Sun's responsibility because the site is quite clearly sanctioned by Sun. -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.com +44 7785 302 803 +49 173 6242039
