IBM is driven by profits but a single sysplexed Linux server could have 7,000
cores. Google has 5,500,000 Linux servers with an army to maintain it. 25 cores
is less cores than the smallest IBM z16 (max 39 with 39 cores enabled). Google
admits they have equipment failing all the time. They have a disk drive
shredder on site to keep up with the disk drive failures.
Linux is designed for small computers.
On Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 05:52:37 PM PDT, James H <tarra...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Wow, thats interesting. I will have to research this more.
My first thought is this is just a move by IBM to get more money.
J-|
On Tue, Jul 18, 2023, 19:47 Jon Perryman <jperr...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> IBM RHEL announced it's move to closed source (IBM RedHat Enterprise
> Linux). With some changes, DB2, RACF and other z/OS products could run in
> Linux on z16 in one sysplexed Linux image. We know it's possible because
> IBM moved Unix and TCP into z/OS. IBM RHEL said closed source would force
> non-paying customers to buy RHEL licenses but this makes no sense.
> Something else must be in play.
> I created a survey at https://forms.gle/ZTPXsDJo8Z4H93sv7 to gain
> insights into IBM's decision to close source RHEL. You can skip the survey
> if you don't want to take it and view the survey results through this
> website. Feel free to pass this along.
> I think IBM wants to integrate z/OS products to retain their investments
> and expand their customer base..
> Why is the z/OS community ignoring IBM RHEL closed source? Are software
> vendors preparing their products for Linux?
>
