I don't to run one LINUX on a z/series, I want to run 1000 z/LINUX on one z/series. Now go do some math ..
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 3:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Linux community, was Re: Demo of OpenSolaris running on Systemz On Nov 29, 2007 4:18 PM, Anton Britz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, you can call your self brain dead if you have not been part of the > IBM > world for the last 30 years but IBM makes money out of adding a few > buttons > to the same boxes/software every year and then they sell it back to their > own customers. Well I have been a part of the IBM world for 20+ years, and no I don't consider myself brain-dead. I just thought you had a real argument I was missing. > > > So now you want to run Linux on an IBM box ? Yes, I do. > > > The reason why the market is moving to Linux is precisely because of the > constant "Upgrade fees" of IBM/Microsoft. Maybe 1 of the reasons. There are many others. Better OS than Microsoft, more secure than Microsoft. Does a better job, for certain workloads. > > > > You want to tell me we are going to get new/better features in Linux, > compared to other Operating Systems that have been around for 50 years. You just may, it is being developed by thousands, of individuals. > > > > So Yes, I agree with you... Brain dead is one way of putting it in > perspective. Mainframes must have arrived............. -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
