Look, I know this is "the" mainframe list for Linux.
(chuckles)
Let us not forget that Linux works rather nicely on pSeries, and, in fact,
is pretty competent there. IIRC, Linux was able to handle changes to
memory size before AIX could.
Linux, without a specific buncha patches isn't as "real
And "The Register" plays catch-up:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/28/ibm_redhat_acquisition/
Mixed feelings?
-soup
On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 3:20 PM Neale Ferguson wrote:
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On 10/28/18, 6:42 PM, "Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Harder, Pieter"
wrote:
> In the past IBM has been extremely reluctant to outright own a Linux distro.
> Likely for fear of alienating the Linux people by corporate behaviour. Why
> now?
My guess is that Red Hat probably is the most
Lets just hope that the blue washing doesn't flush the red tide with a big
Wave!
Hopefully this winds up really helping z focused hybrid clouds however
noting that Red Hat licensing seems to favor x86 sales like much of IBM's
software portfolio does.
- And it does make some sense when you look at
Hello!
And the CNCBC supplied money news for the 11AM news today included a
friendly reporting on the whole business. Also one on Red Hat. And
their opinion on why IBM wanted to buy (is buying, has already bought,
etc) Red Hat.
Ideally I agree with all of you that it is going to cause some upset
>>> On 10/28/2018 at 09:00 PM, David Boyes wrote:
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> most of those traditional IBM customers preferred Red Hat because
> they didn't have to think about it too much because it was like all their
> other software license agreements.
I don't think that matches the reality of the market
On 10/29/18, 11:37 AM, "Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Mark Post"
wrote:
> I don't think that matches the reality of the market place, however,
> considering that Red Hat's market share with mainframe customers has been
> _far_ less than 50%.
If you limit it to Z, true. I was thinking of the
