When we bought our MP3000, not only Linux was free, but by committing to have the business partner install Linux, we got a heafty discount on the hardware.
I think IBM knows, that once Linux gets into the mainframe, and system programmers start looking at it, it will be used. And will be used to drive additional hardware sales. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/10 10:12 AM >>> No money. "Linux is FREE!" I don't know how our marketting rep talked our management to getting an IFL and z/VM when we upgraded to our z/800. We have NO consolidation plans or any other "plan" for how to use Linux/390. Lots of talk, but no real action at present. The only reason that we are testing Oracle under Linux/390 is so that the Oracle people can "prove" that the mainframe is inferior to a "full blown, 8-way" Sun box with ? Gigs of memory (they are comparing it to a single IFL and 2 Gb of CSTOR + 1Gb of ESTOR under z/VM). -
