>>> On 10/21/2008 at 12:26 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > System p *does* > overlap some of the traditional Z slots in enterprise computing, and > will continue to encroach if IBM doesn't wise up about the low-end > market ($200K for 29 MIPS is ludicrous, guys).
The announcement of the z10 BC may help somewhat with that. http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/25584.wss http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/news/announcement/20081021_annc/ http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/hardware/z10bc Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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