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WPS vs SAS WPS on zLinux

It appears that SAS is getting some competition from WPS http://teamwpc.co.uk/press/press_statement_le_claim WPS licensing their product on zlinux hopefully will give SAS and incentive to do the same. http://www.teamwpc.co.uk/products/wps/platforms/zlinux

Re: IBM - MLC question

Tim, I think you also left out ULC pricing. ULC is a lot simplier to administer than VWLC and depending on your environment, can deliver far greater savings and high LPAR utilizations. http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/swprice/other.html Bill

Re: Why is not AIX ported to z/Series?

Alan, Thankx for your response...from an IBM business perspective this makes sense. It is interesting to inquire from a customer perspective if customers would be willing to pay more for an AIX zSeries special purpose engine and for the AIX license. For example, what if the IFA cost $250,000

Re: Why is not AIX ported to z/Series?

I guess I did not adequately qualify my original question...let me try again... Why doesn't IBM create a special purpose engine, similar to the IFL, for AIX. Lets call it an IFA. Would not AIX running on a zSeriers special purpose engines generate benefits similar to Linux on IFL's.

Why is not AIX ported to z/Series?

Why is not AIX ported to z/Series? It should provide the customer the same benefits as Linux on z/Series -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message:

Re: Why is not AIX ported to z/Series?

IMHO,IBM has not ported and licensed AIX to zSeries... because IBM does not want zSeries competing directly with AIX and Pseries servers. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: PSI MIPS (was: Links to decent 'why the mainframe thrives' article)

Timothy, Internal customers do not ask your question, How do you measure the total performance of the whole IT organization? They are really only interested in the total cost of acquistion or internal chargeback (excluding power and environmentals) and application performance.

Re: PSI MIPS (was: Links to decent 'why the mainframe thrives' article)

This thread still begs the issue of benchmarking a representative business application across multilple platforms. What application architecture runs across all platforms (z/series, intel, pseries) and operating systems (z/OS, Linux, Unix)? I'd like to suggest SAS. A SAS application that is

PHP on z/OS

FYI. IBM Brings Freebie PHP to the Mainframe http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=2EAAEC9B-E72F-428C-9C5E- 00DBB3C833CC -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Legacy matters

FYI. Interesting article: Legacy matters: why the IBM mainframe continues to thrive http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070711-legacy-matters-why-the-ibm- mainframe-continues-to-thrive.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /