This has been an interesting email string to read. One question I would have is if companies are not upgrading hardware (for whatever reason) are they really looking at upgrading the software. Would it be the case that both the hardware and software are doing the job and there is no need (or desire) to upgrade the software.
Also there is the issue of the more (features/hardware) you try to support, the more complex things become, the bigger the foot print of the software. I would think it would also get harder to do newer release or to add new functionality. Thanks.. Paul Feller AGT Mainframe Technical Support -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 20:13 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] s390 31 bit kernel support removal > putting a > modern Linux on 15 year old machines seems weird when you can buy an > intel or maybe if thats too much maybe recycle a PC that was running > windows XP? It's not that weird if it's the most stable system you have and it has enough spare capacity to do the job adequately. As you know from experience, in these very little customers, that's likely to be the case. They might not have any other choice with spending freezes in effect -- even PCs cost money. Heiko asked for comments/opinions. I think he may have gotten more than he expected. 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
