> >I don't see how that would work. If IBM raises the price of an IFL > higher then the price of a ZAAP, why would they then let you use a ZAAP > for Linux?
If they did ever permit ZAAP usage for Linux, I'd expect them to offload just Java processing, not general purpose cycles. That's the point of the special microcode that makes a ZAAP a ZAAP. In that case, you'd need either a CP or an IFL, AND a ZAAP. Not a good cost/benefit model, IMHO. I'd really rather IBM and the other commercial ISVs spend their time *not* recreating the pricing stupidity that caused these specialty engines to become necessary in the first place, though. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
