Please feel free to contact me off list in regards to the Province of Quebec. The license savings was, er, substantial. David Kreuter
________________________________ From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Mark Post Sent: Tue 12/2/2008 5:00 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Oracle, zlinux, and virtualization >>> On 12/2/2008 at 4:40 PM, "Harder, Pieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there anywhere public you can point to for a business case? There seem to > be loads of statements like yours, but it is real hard to find convincing > evidence to show to management persons. The Province of Quebec gave presentations at several IBM System z Expo and SHARE conferences on their experiences in this area, and how they were going to tackle WebSphere next, and for the same reasons. I seem to recall they recouped the entire cost of their z9 within a year (or two at the most). How to Rise Above the Challenges of Deploying z/VM and Linux on the Mainframe and Thrive http://linuxvm.org/Present/SHARE108/S9230.pdf Building a strong z/VM and Linux on the mainframe architecture http://linuxvm.org/Present/SHARE108/S9231.pdf Then there's the case study I did on a customer that went with discrete hardware systems running Oracle and wasted millions of dollars: Choose the Right Architecture and Save Millions - A Customer Case Study http://linuxvm.org/Present/SHARE110/S9205mp.pdf 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
