> Don't forget the Windows doesn't actually run very well on Zeds. I'd say > "doesn't run," but someone here will stick his hand up and say, "I've > done it."
Actually, starting with Windows Server 2k3 (where you could actually do something useful with Windows without the GUI), the architecture of Windows has evolved enough that a viable port would be possible -- assuming that the source code could be made available. The later versions of Windows Server have a much better concept of hardware abstraction than NT did, and as much as we like to bash them, there are good things in there. In any case, once we finish Solaris, I'd say VMS (or TOPS-20) is next on my list. Something with a real security model and a decent batch/tape/transactional system. Still, if Microsoft were to offer me a reasonable sum of money to do it, I'd seriously think about it. Why shouldn't it run under z/VM? ... after all, all the other cool operating systems are doing it...8-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
