On Tuesday, 11/11/2008 at 12:49 EST, Florian Bilek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would really like to understand IBM's view on this issue. Is it from a > business point of view that Windows or Intel (x86) is not considered as a > serious environment for running mission critical applications??
No, that is not IBM's view. I was referring specifically to the use of Bochs on Linux on System z. x86, z, p and i are ALL great environments for mission critical apps. > since long time I wonder myself what is the reason to simply ignore the fact > that in a lot of organisations consider the costs of z/Series compared to > WinTel Servers as terrible high and then this platform does not run Windows > applications. (I do not want to discuss if this is true or not but this is > what I hear from my management). I have all the time problems with my > management to justify the costs. If x86 programs would run naively also on > z/Series I would never had such problems any more. So I would see indeed a > urgent need in solving this issue. Everyone would like a machine that has all of the Inherent Mainframe Coolness that we have come to appreciate over the decades, has none of the attributes we hate (acquisition costs), but with the ability to run any architecture using a consolidated set of peripherals - at speed, of course. It is the Holy Grail. Until then, we compromise, living with multiple servers, with their plusses and minuses. The Quest goes on.... Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
