Hi Bob, Linux on Z and OMVS are 2 completely different animals. OMVS is an integral part of z/OS (try running TCP/IP without it for example). zLinux is a completely separate operating system, running in an LPAR or on top of VM just like another OS image. Another difference is that OMVS (as part of z/OS) runs EBCDIC where I believe zLinux is a full ASCII OS running on the z hardware.
Rex From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2023 9:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Are Banks Breaking Up With Mainframes? | Forbes Wait, did I misunderstand this? People buy their first mainframe and run Linux on it?! (Color me ignorant, but I've always thought of OMVS as a late add-on.) --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
