I fail to see what z/OS has to do with any of the discussion at all. I thought we were comparing to zLinux and the z/VM environment. zLinux is much closer to Linux than AIX is... Because it IS Linux. It can run bare bones, or using z/VM as a hipervisor, and z/OS doesn't have to be present at all.
-- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~. RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW /V\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 /( )\ ----- ^^-^^ "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." On 10/18/08 6:24 PM, "John McKown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From what I understand of how IBM divisons work, this is considered > normal. The System p people will attempt to take business from the System > z people and vice versa. It is not one big happy family. I will grant that > perhaps the p people would be more likely to go after HP or Intel markets, > but that is because that AIX is closer to Linux or HP-UX, than z/OS, so it > is an easier sale. But the p people will compete with the z people over a > possible Linux account. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
