On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Pfister, Nathan < nathan.pfis...@wsscwater.com> wrote:
> Out of curiosity, have you (successfully) compiled, and used, a bitcoin > miner on z/OS Unix? > > On the first question: No, I have not compiled a bitcoin mainer on z/OS. So, of course, I have not run it. Nor will I because it cost real money due to MSU usage and I'd get keel hauled for wasting money. This is "obviously" something for a RedBook person, or IBM POK to do? Why? For the P.R. value. "Yes! The z13 can mine bitcoins at 300% of the rate of the best Intel Xeon based server. But wait! There's more! It can do it a _half_ the power cost! Call now! Operators are standing by!" I.e. it gives IBM some street cred with the new generation of I.T.managers who are frustrated, wanna-be gamers. Or is this just a local phenom? -- While a transcendent vocabulary is laudable, one must be eternally careful so that the calculated objective of communication does not become ensconced in obscurity. In other words, eschew obfuscation. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
