Fred Schmidt wrote:

>The latest z/Journal has a study by Microsoft comparing Windows against 
the mainframe in terms of electrical power usage for CICS web-based
applications. It claims that Windows is many times more efficient. 

>You can find the PDF document at
http://www.zjournal.com/redir.cfm?rid=939 

>Comments?

There is a catch: They're using NetCobol on a z/OS machine on this Microsoft 
sponsored PDF.

What's more, theyre using IBM's published results against a test run on their 
Fujitsu machines. They really never used a z/OS machine themselves.

NetCobol belongs to Fujitsu. Fujistu and Microsoft is co-operating together 
MMA to lure people from "legacy" z/OS.

I would only take this comparision seriously if they ACTUALLY used IBM's own 
COBOL and WebSphere and that they actually used/rented a z/OS machine.

What's more, you can't really use published numbers against actual test 
results.

Go figure...

Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht

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