Shades of TELXON. 9 VP (4 were temp VP), 7 million dollars, and 10 years later VM was gone. So is TELXON.
Ed Martin 330-588-4723 ext 40441 -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:01 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Question about z/VM... > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:57 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Question about z/VM... > > > On Thursday, 04/10/2008 at 09:47 EDT, "McKown, John" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes, using BOCHS, which is an Intel instruction set > emulator. I would > > love for them to retry that experiment on a fully powered z10, using > > optimized z10 instructions. On the old system that they used, it was > > unusably slow (think 3Mhz not 3Ghz). > > No, it is not Bochs. It is a native CMS environment to host Windows > binaries. > > But you echo my sentiment that it would great to see Bochs > and the kernel > compiled with z10 optimization and to try Windows again. > > Such things are just technology demos, of course. The devil > is in the > details, as they say, rarely having anything to do with technology! > Politics, operating system vendor support, middleware vendor > support, ... > > Alan Altmark Where can I learn more? This might be VERY interesting! Of course, given the attitude of higher level management around here, this might not be enough to save our z. It is still planned to be eliminated (3 to 5 years), despite the fact that we have not found a viable replacement (and have replaced IT management 2 times since the original decision to get rid of it). -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it.
