> http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_13/b3876068.htm
Absolute twaddle. System/360 was the world's first open system. Principles of Operation and the Channel OEMI manuals permitted plug compatibility - OS/360 was public domain and the source code was freely available from IBM for the cost of the tapes. Open source was, if you like, the reason for System/360's initial success. And, IMO, OCO is one of the reasons for its decline. And the article clearly implies that Blue Gene is the "new" sort of mainframe, with the "old" sort headed for extinction. Hmm. Not according to what I'm hearing about IBM's plans. -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.com +44 7785 302 803 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
