On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:08:36 -0400 Kurt Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quoth Collins Richey: > > On 24 Aug 2003 20:45:45 -0400 > > > > > Sun views their niche to be a very large share of the mid-high end > > > Enterprise market. This is not an area where Linux has been a > > > strong threat. > > > > Underline "has not been." This is now changing due to the IBM > > effort. > > > > Any company large enough to consider IBM Z series mainframes is > > going to think twice about the headaches of running a traditional > > server farm of unix or linux boxes. The simplicities of scaling up > > processing power as needed and the ability to run thousands of > > server images on a Z series with not much more effort than a handful > > is going to eat Sun's lunch in its traditional, profitable > > mid-high-end niche > > The "simplicities" are only simple for those shops that already have > big iron expertise on staff. For everyone else, simplicity is buying > another box and adding it to the server farm. > Quite true. That's why I started out with companies large enough to consider Z series mainframes, and of course I omitted to say staff with expertise. Most of the conversion stories I hear are companies that are already running big iron for their accounting apps, etc., and who want to maximize the already considerable investment in iron and staff. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
