Well, they don't even get basic "everyday" facts correct. Raptors are not
extinct.
That is the term for birds of prey, which includes hawks, falcons, eagles,
and
possibly even crows. (And maybe z800s, in a technical sense!)
Since the author doesn't know this, maybe it is because of their extremely
young age
and lack of experience. After all, if it passes the spell checker, it must
be right.
Phil Payne
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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and not be
published again without a stringent review.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.
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Phil Payne
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