Perhaps, but much more realistic in terms of actual capabilities for real workloads. The guys from SNA are very quick to point out that TPC and TPO were "lab queens." Personally, I'm glad that IBM's public statements have scaled down considerably from the initial hype that TPC and TPO generated. It makes adjusting client expectations much easier.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: paultz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 12:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Yahoo News Article: Linux OK'd for Use on... and z/VM "IBM's premier virtualization technology, z/VM, in the upcoming year. z/VM helps enable mainframe customers to run tens to even hundreds of instances of the Linux operating system on a single IBM zSeries server." Tens or hundreds? Small potatoes next to Test Plans Charlie and Omega. ;-) Paul
