> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mohammad Khan > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:22 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: IBM Program To Help Students Gain Critical > Mainframe Skills Grows To More Than 600 Universities > > That's Linux on z HARDWARE which is about as useful to a z/OS > sysprog or > COBOL coder as a mp3 player running Linux. I guess everyone > needs to learn > Linux and switch. > Mohammad >
In a sense, true. But one plus is that we z/OS people already understand most of the hardware (possibly excluding FCP) and so may be easier to train than an Intel person in some respects. Also, given that almost all Linux on z is run on z/VM, that is a big boost because z/VM is quite different from VMWare an Hyper-V virtual environments. And some of the tuning for Linux on z is definately different (and opposite) from tuning Linux on Intel. I already am familar with Linux. It is my main OS at home (I have a Mac as well). I don't have Windows at home. I have a Linux/Intel desktop and Windows desktop here at work. I am forced to use the Windows a lot for email and other stuff which is tied into our Active Directory environment. But I do a lot of "ad hoc" reporting on my Linux desktop using Perl and PostgreSQL (RDMS). -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
