Alan wrote: "Why should anyone give a rats behind about bogomips numbers? A four-fold increase in bogomips says only that bogomips runs 4 times as fast as it used to.
Your question about comparisons of competitiveness is interesting, but not in the context of bogomips. I would ask if TCO has improved in the last 3-4 years. The CPU selection is, of course, only one variable in the equation." As a relative measure between the zSeries platforms, it is an indication of relative speed. Between platforms, its really not useful. I totally agree that TCO is the main issue, but what I see is a bunch of myths developing around Linux on zSeries and the zSeries and its Linux ahead faster than the published measurements indicate. Its like the old "TSO is slow" myth vs CMS. In the few years of the of the s/360, TSO was slow and a lot of products tried to replace it (ROSCOE, etc). Once TSO got improved, the myth persisted. The performance literature for Linux is way behind what its real capabilites are today. ===== Jim Sibley Implementor of Linux on zSeries in the beautiful Silicon Valley "Computer are useless.They can only give answers." Pablo Picasso __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/
