On 03/14/2016 11:29 AM, Ambros, Thomas wrote: > To start to contest the perception that Linux on system Z is a 'one-off', > where would one find out for themselves roughly how many shops in North > America are running production implementations of Linux on system Z and what > proportion of all zSeries sites that might be?
Might help to instead contest the perception that a "one-off" is somehow bad. Linux runs on z and it runs on PCs and it runs on ... * ARM (your smart phone), not necessarily Android * PPC (IBM RS/6000 or even older Apple servers) * MIPS (your home router and other embedded devices) * Itanium * HP PA-RISC * SPARC * Alpha * M68K ... and at least a dozen other architectures I've never seen or heard of before. Most of these are "one-offs", unless you're invested. So perception is all about perspective. (Forgive my tone if it sounds snippy. Am trying to leverage your verbiage, not pick on it.) Might help to instead contest the perception that Linux on z is somehow not Linux. Most of the list, not being PC hardware, are quirky to boot. But once they're up, Linux is Linux. The advantage of z hardware is significant. But I figger you already know those bullet points. You are not alone in the fight to get your shop to warm up to zLinux. Hang in there! -- R; <>< ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu 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/
