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From the Editor: |
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by Edward Hurley, Editor
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Have you ever noticed mainframes are a lot like Bob Dylan?
Both are true innovators with careers of 40-plus years. Both have seen a rebirth in recent years, silencing the naysayers who allege they are obsolete.
I have to admit I do have Bob Dylan on the brain. I saw him perform with Willie Nelson last week (the show was stellar, by the way). Now, to many people when they hear Bob Dylan, they think of his old protest tunes such as "Blowing in the Wind" or his early rock songs such as "Like a Rolling Stone." He was the voice of a generation to many who grew up in the '60s.
But Mr. Dylan is still a very vibrant artist. His two most recent recordings feature some of his best songwriting in decades. In many ways, he is a victim of his own history. He could write the best songs of his career now but many people would never judge them the equal of his early, now historic work.
The mainframe is in a similar predicament. At one time, IBM mainframes were the computer of their generation. They helped send men to the moon. Author James Collins considers the IBM System 360 to be one of the most important business innovations of all time along with Ford's Model T automobile and the Boeing 707 jet.
The mainframe (like Dylan) is still very vibrant. For example, IBM's push to run Linux on the mainframe has made the platform attractive to new customers as well as letting existing Big Iron shops do more. Just last week, it was announced German manufacturer Endress+Hauser has consolidated its global SAP R/3 system from Unix to the zSeries running Linux.
This week, we have a new quiz on Search390.com to test your knowledge of Linux on the mainframe. Do you know what Linus Torvalds originally wanted to call the OS? Do you know how many Linux images David Boyes was able to run on a mainframe? To take the quiz, click here.
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When Tux met Big Iron: The quiz
by the editors of Search390.com
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It's a fact of life that opposites often work beautifully together. Nothing goes better with fiery buffalo wings than cool, creamy blue cheese dressing. Linux on the mainframe is very similar. It's the perfect wedding of reliable and stable zSeries platform with the flexibility and innovation of Linux. This week, the editors of Search390.com have created a quiz to test your knowledge of Big Iron Linux. Enjoy!
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Expert Technical Advice: |
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Featured Expert David Boyes, president, Sine Nomine Associates
Categories:Linux on the mainframe
Anyone who works with Linux on IBM's S/390 mainframes has certainly
heard of David Boyes. He made history early in the project by running
no less than 41,400 Linux images on a single mainframe, all of them
doing real work under simulated load as Web servers. More recently,
David has been involved in helping application service providers and
other companies deploy Linux on S/390 hardware. Dr. David Boyes is
CTO and President of Sine Nomine Associates, (Latin for "without
name"), which he runs with his wife Margarete, and has participated in operating systems and networking research for more than 20 years, working on design and deployment of systems and voice/data networks worldwide. David has designed scenarios and economic models for systems deployment on many platforms, and is currently involved in design and worldwide deployment of scalable system infrastructure for several Global 1000 companies.
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This Week: In the forums
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A Search390.com user asked in our operating systems forum:
I use the ftp client thru the DOS window. When I pull my VB file from the MVS mainframe to my local PC I am able to pull it down binary with the RDW included. Once I have made my modifications I cannot get the file to ftp back to MVS properly, once it is ftp'd to MVS the RDW on the file is ignored and a new RDW is attached at the begining of my file. Any ideas?
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| Tip of the Week: |
| Ever use the TSOLIB command? This tip explores the use of the command including specifying load module libraries containing executable commands and programs. |
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The lowdown on the TSOLIB command |
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