On 1/16/10 02:17 John McKown said:
On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 20:13 -0600, Rich Smrcina wrote:
On 01/15/2010 08:01 PM, Dave Jones wrote:
Interesting article in "The Economist" about the return of the
mainframe.....
The return of the mainframe Back in fashion
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15276714
Did the mainframe leave?
In terms of "mind share", then yes, it did leave. Many "pundits" said it
was moribund and obsolete. Now, what with "consolidation fever", the z
is showing that visualization on it is superior to Intel. It still has a
problem with initial entry cost vs. Intel. And let's not even talk about
z/OS vs. Linux.
As one who is struggling to run CAD/CAM on an Intel-powered laptop, I can assure
you that visualization using z/Series resources is _much_ superior, but I
suspect you meant "virtualization", so you were right either way. ;-)
-Chip-
