Neale Ferguson wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/27/novell_linux_mainframe_deal/
³With System z mainframe revenues down 39 per cent - and MIPS mainframe
capacity shipments off 20 percent in the second quarter - IBM is keen on
boosting mainframe sales. And it wants to use Linux as a lever.
So the price on Linux for one year is down from $12,000 to $8,000.
That's pretty funny. To me, at least. Then again, I don't live in
the Glass House so I can throw stones :)
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Jack J. Woehr # I run for public office from time to time. It's like
http://www.well.com/~jax # working out at the gym, you sweat a lot, don't get
http://www.softwoehr.com # anywhere, and you fall asleep easily afterwards.
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