The press release didn't make it clear that we obtained the z900 as a replacement for our (wheezing) 9672 G3 processor. At order time, we added the IFL in anticipation of z/VM and Linux. Writers license, I suppose.
On Monday 10 March 2003 08:36, you wrote: > >> Anyone else find it a stretch of credibility that the 1000th z900 > >> and the 1000th z800 both went to Linux-only shops? > > > > Not quite. We got the 1000th z900. We run z/OS in support of 9 > > production CICS regions, thousands of batch programs, and, oh yes, > > z/VM and Linux. > > http://www-916.ibm.com/press/prnews.nsf/jan/75738294A42413B185256AD10 >058E3E9 > > "ARMONK, NY--September 24, 2001--IBM announced that it shipped its > 1,000th IBM eServer z900 today to Boscov's, the largest family-owned > department store company in the U.S. Boscov's plans to consolidate > its Windows NT server farm on a single z900 running Linux."
