"Linux took a step forward in high-end servers with the recent adoption of software that should help IBM, NEC, SGI and others use the open-source operating system better in multiprocessor servers.
"The improvement adds some support in Linux for nonuniform memory access, or NUMA, a design for higher-end servers with many processors. Linus Torvalds, the original creator of the operating system and still its top authority, accepted the update this month into version 2.5, the current test version of the software." While this may or may not have much applicability to Linux/390, per se, it's another "Enterprise" feature that's being introduced to the operating system that will make it more likely for Linux in general to wind up being used in big/critical application. Increasing awareness and acceptance of Linux in general will possibly result in the same for Linux/390. Mark Post
