There's a feedback section on that page. If it is in fact connected to anything, they'll see this:
"Not worth the pixels it's displayed on. Technically inaccurate, spineless gravy. Give up, Sun. The more of this you persist with, the more you look like the schoolyard coward with no better retort than 'Oh, yeah?'. Give up while you still have *some* dignity left." Gee, I hope I wasn't *too* harsh... ;) Now, back to Linux. Cheers, Vic Cross -- Vic Cross MACS mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Networking, Linux, on S/390 and zSeries Independent Systems Integrators Pty Ltd -------- schroedinger.c: In function `open_box': schroedinger.c:5: warning: `cat' might be used uninitialized in this function ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 7:10 PM Subject: Re: Two More Responses to Sun's FUD Attacks > 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 >
