On 13 Jun 2007 11:22:36 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >No offense, but if I am >going to write a linux product, I can spend less than a thousand dollars >US and get a dual core intel box and put Fedora linux on it, and I can >start writing it. Why would I give a hoot about running it on a z box, >especially if I had to pay as much per month for access as the whole >machine (that I own, can carry with me (assuming a laptop), and don't >need internet access)?
I knew someone with a 286 Pick machine. It was a lot faster than his dial-up to his work Pick machine. Our infrastructure is a lot different nowadays - you can have a share of a mainframe on the other side of the world and you don't need a power strip for it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
