On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 13:49 -0500, McKown, John wrote: > Curiously, in my readings, whenever management has made this decision, > they want to junk not just z/OS (due to cost), but the entire concept of > the z series mainframe. Even if it could be used to run z/Linux under > z/VM, connected to FCP DASD (just like Intel et al.). The entire concept > of the "mainframe" is usually discredited. Even shops which use > virtualization (VMWare et al.) seem to think that z/VM is inferior (it > is greatly superior) and too expensive. If you try to explain otherwise, > then it is hands-in-ears saying "LA-LA-LA-LA I can't hear you!"
Yep - spot on. 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
