What? IBM calls it "z series" because it's the end of the line? Where did you dream that one up?
According to my memory - and Wikipedia (along with several other sources) agrees with me - way back when IBM rebranded their lines, they named the mainframe line the z series for zero down time. They named the RS6000s the p series for performance and the AS/400 line the I series for integrated because it comes with an integrated DB2 database. I don't know and don't care why the labeled the Intel based machines the x series. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of z/OS scheduler Sent: Monday, March 3, 2025 10:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: The mainframe is alive Ask yourself why IBM called it z-series(end of the line/migrating from MVS to unix) and not A-Series(The beginning of a new life for MVS)? Because they knew that opening from the closed network with only CICS terminals, to TCPIP+hackability+++, was the end of the mainframe. I am just as sad as anyone else, but that is the reality of it all... J. Op ma 3 mrt 2025 om 15:54 schreef Phil Smith III <[email protected]>: > Confused by: > > But, that does not make a z/ server a mainframe. > > What does that mean? > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of z/OS scheduler > Sent: Monday, March 3, 2025 10:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: The mainframe is alive > > re: ... lot more secure from hackers... > Welll... that is just the thing... opening it up, is what is making it > less secure... I do agree, IBM "programmers" will take code from the > hackers posting new Linux source code and properly scrutinize it > before including it into SuSE, which is why if one look at > cve.mitre.org and the likes, IBM does not really feature there because > they do things properly. But, that does not make a z/ server a mainframe. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
