I saw some clients up here demonstrate an initial interest after the first 'sales pitch'. Once it dawned on them that installing z/VM to host linux wasn't quite the same as installing windoze the interest waned....
One client even mentioned running z/OS under z/VM until 'the penny dropped' and he realized a) he had no z/VM expertise on-site and b) that no reasonable level of z/VM support was available in-country. Jim S -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shane Sent: 03 June 2006 18:39 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe Linux Mythbusting (Was: Using Java in batch on z/OS?) On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 07:23 +0900, Timothy Sipples wrote: > Mark Zelden writes: > >No brainer? How about the staff, time, learning curve, etc. > >to support an operating system and environment that is > >new to the shop? > > Three points: > ... > Three more points: I'm with Mark. My customers say z/Linux isn't on the horizon. In fact most of them say mainframe is not in their future. Those that are (planning) getting off the mainframe are talking M$oft - *NOT* linux; on any platform. They *will not* consider a conversion to Linux. No training, no wasted investment, no interest. Period. Having techos (me included) dicking around with Linux on PCs counts for zero. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
