> The fatal flaw in META'a arguement is that Linux or no, mainframes are not > going anywhere soon. Mainframes have been appearing in the obituary > section of IT mags for quite a long time now, yet inexplicably have yet to > be totally replaced by PCs :)
The current loss rate has a number of people worried. There are no plans for new native hardware technology below 80 MIPS - Dan Colby stated as much quite categorically at Partnerworld 2001, but few took him seriously or realised the implications. See http://www.isham-research.com/low_end_mainframes.html > As long as companies have these mainframes, they are going to want to > utilize them to the fullest of their potential. I don't predict an awful > lot of companies with no mainframe installation are going to run out and > buy one just to run Linux (sorry IBM), but I cannot think of any reason > why an existing mainframe shop would not want to take advantage of it. Cost. Especially middleware. -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.com +44 7785 302 803 +49 173 6242039
