"Ferguson, Neale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >See: http://linuxtoday.com/high_performance/2004102501526NWHESW
> "Users of Transaction Processing Facility (TPF), IBM's mainframe >operating system, seem to have both pride in the OS and an inferiority >complex, often referring to it as 'IBM's unknown operating system.' Even >IBM called it 'little known' in a press release for its latest version >of the system, zTPF. > "IBM in early October announced that it was taking a step toward >bringing zTPF to the attention of the next generation of IT workers. >With a planned release date of September 30, 2005, zTPF adds features >such as 64-bit addressing capability on zSeries servers, but what is >most significant is the system's compatibility with Linux. This feature >opens the door for many more programmers and administrators who may want >to work with it. One can only hope that Linux Today, not IBM, got the name of the OS wrong -- that'd be "z/TPF", since it's software. Software gets a slash, hardware (z800, z990, zArchitecture) doesn't. Simple (if arcane) rule... Phew, yeah, Googling for "ibm ztpf" gets 9 hits, "ibm z/tpf" gets 51. Still not a lot, but indicative that, as usual, the press can't get things right... ...phsiii (feeling picky) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
