> Yup. But you can run Linux on that standard processor. The author's target > audience will (maybe? probably? certainly?) assume that he means that Linux > can't run "all by itself" on a z900. > > No big deal. Just normal press stuff at which to poke fun.
I think it's a pretty tiny nit to pick at. The key messages link Linux with the mainframe, leave the impression that it's a thoroughly practical thing to do, and the article closes with IBM's "unique selling proposition" for the mainframe - that it doesn't break. I've worked with journalists for over twenty years - http://homepages.tesco.net/~Phil.Payne/index.html - and I've been amazed on many occasions at how close they can get to the nub of the issue very quickly. Before you castigate the reporter for a tiny oversight, remember that every article they write goes through sub-editors who know NOTHING about ANYTHING. I have seen reporters in tears - I have had reporters call me in advance of publication to apologise for the galley proof distortions of their stories that they've just been presented with. -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.com +44 7785 302 803 +49 173 6242039
