0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu (Paul Gilmartin) writes: > Do they plan to port iOS to zSeries? > > Alas, this is consigning OS X to the back burner.
ibm jointly funded mit for project athena with dec for $25M each http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Athena ibm then funded cmu for $50m, afs, encina, camelot, mach, etc http://www.zois.co.uk/tpm/encina.html then ibm provides seed money for transarc and then buys transarc outright (for unix "cics") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transarc Jobs uses MACH for Next http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_%28kernel%29 and then brings it back to apple for iOS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_%28operating_system%29 Apple, IBM, and Motorola got together for AIM/Somerset to do one chip power (801/risc) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM_alliance when IBM wasn't keeping up "power" low-power consumer chips, apple moved from power to i86 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%27s_transition_to_Intel_processors ibm recently trying to breath new life into power http://openpowerfoundation.org/ then there is PureSystems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PureSystems past posts mentioning 801, risc, iliad, romp, rios, power, power/pc, etc http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#801 http://www.cringely.com/2014/06/04/decline-fall-ibm/ "The Decline and Fall of IBM: End of an American Icon?" loc1630-34: AFTERWORD What if Ginni Doesn't Listen? Here's what the IBM insider I quoted in my introduction says is coming today from Ginni Rometty's office: "Ginni is betting the farm on PureSystems. She is also betting the farm on Cloud. The problem is she is blaming flagging hardware sales on Cloud-ification." ... snip ... recent posts ref Ginni betting farm on PureSystem (& cloud) http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014h.html#16 Emulating z CPs was: Demonstrating Moore's law http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014h.html#21 Is end of mainframe near? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014h.html#24 IBM Opens New SoftLayer Data Center In Hong Kong http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014h.html#27 Over in the Mainframe Experts Network LinkedIn group http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014h.html#33 Can Ginni really lead the company to the next great product line? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014h.html#46 Demonstrating Moore's law earlier posts from the Annals of Release No Software Before Its Time http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009p.html#43 From The Annals of Release No Software Before Its Time http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009p.html#46 From The Annals of Release No Software Before Its Time references to vm370 cluster/ssi from late 70s and power scale from early 90s. -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
