> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 7:17 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Mainframe Linux Mythbusting (Was: Using Java in > batch on z/OS?) > > > On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:16:06 -0400, Jon Brock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > This shows some of the good and some of the bad with using > >open-source technologies. You can do some very useful and exciting > >stuff, but it is not as mature as what we are used to with z/OS. > > > Linux and Unix are nowhere near what MVS is, but I'll take Linux and > other Open source software over Microsoft any day. > > Tom Marchant
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