At 11:51 AM 4/28/2004, "Ledbetter, Scott E" wrote:
Not to call anyone at IBM an idiot, but they obviously have some writers
very adept at using thousands of words to say "Virtually" (HA!) nothing.
Nothing new... Back when it used to be called vapor-ware....
Is this simply an extension of LPAR technology, or is it z/VM like
hipervisor in the firmware? Is there anything new here for z/Series?
Again, z/OS is mentioned, z/VM is not.
It sounds more like an emulation layer in the middle that's able to appear
as Intel, RS/6000, AS/400, and zSeries, and a hypervisor (probably more
like LPAR than VM). And I suspect the reference to z/OS really means any
zSeries OS. Think how much money they could save if all their platforms
ran off the same underlying platform...
My two cents worth...
Lee
Lee Stewart, Senior SE
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