> Partitioning: Your Mainframe Becomes A Hotel For OS 'Guests' It seems that the people most interested in Linux at the small and medium end are users of a *nix who are worried that their OS vendor might have an uncertain future, rather than Microsoft users. Even Sun is now playing footsie with Chipzilla. One problem you have when talking to these people about server consolidation is the sheer variety of environments they have - not just multiple vendors but mutually incompatible systems from each.
In this context Linux could act as a kind of 'level set' or positioning move prior to consolidation. Virtual servers (in our speak, VM guests) are an easier concept to sell. This kind of '101' explanation of how VM and LPARs work is cropping up time and again. Once it hits the in-flight magazines ... -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.com +44 7785 302 803
