I'm curious - why a z/Linux front end to handle XML, MQ, and TCP/IP inbound messages when CICS has the facilities for all of them (and SOAP/ Web Services, HTTP, etc.)?
I'm not denigrating the choice, just curious about what the deciding factors were. Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation (850) 414-4209 Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 11/01/2006 09:58:26 AM: > David, > > I suspect that we may be interested here at the FBI. > > However, our needs would require MQ Series compatibility at a minimum. > > The FBI does not install "stuff" that does not have support from the > manufacturer. We are currently running some POC code under zLinux (LPAR > mode) with a view to running under VM eventually. We have not yet > decided on SUSE or RHEL (each seems to have its pros and cons). This POC > code is a front-end to our normal system and translates XML in and out > and sends it to our normal communications front-end (running under z/OS > & CICS) via MQ. The current communications front-end can handle TCP/IP > or MQ inbound messages. > > Kevin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Kielek, Samuel > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 9:45 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: zLinux experience - Solaris? > > David, > > You should submit this to the opensolaris-discuss list so that it can > become an approved project and listed on the communities portal. I > believe that should help drive up interest and participation. > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/communities/ > > -Sam > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > David Boyes > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 9:18 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: zLinux experience - Solaris? > > > Rich this is indeed interesting, is this a one-off, or a serious > project > > we are taking about here? > > Oh, we're quite serious...8-) I guess it is time for a quick update > since the last round of discussion -- thanks to the folks who deferred > to letting me get organized first. > > SNA is currently engaged in producing a port of OpenSolaris for zSeries. > The port is specifically designed to run as a VM guest and to take > advantage of CP functions and services wherever possible. > > The port currently initializes the kernel, does some device detection, > and dies horribly in initializing the virtual memory manager. Both IBM > and Sun have expressed an interest in the work, and have committed some > hardware assistance, but the majority of the development is still in our > spare time. > > If this is something that would be useful to your shop, contact me > offline. If you would like to contribute money or manpower, also contact > me offline. > Either contribution would dramatically speed up the delivery of this > project. > > -- db > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
