“Still” just who is still using the mainframe what a loaded question " virtus in medio stat " "Perfect is the enemy of the Good"
On Sun, Jun 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM Mauro Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Alan... "still" looks like Linux on Z is legacy > infrastructure, but it is not. > > I support a few accounts, and they are not phasing down Linux, on the > opposite. One just started a feasibility study on migrating DB2 workloads > from zOS to Linux. Another account has so many Linux servers they installed > IBM ICIC to allow the dev team to do auto-provisioning from themselves, > while the zVM team manages resource pools, capacity planning, performance > measurement, things like that. Creating and deleting guests is done by the > end users themselves. > > Linux on Z have a lot of potential and several shops are using that > potential. > > Mauro > https://www.maurosouza.com - registered Linux User: 294521 > Scripture is both history, and a love letter from God. > > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM Alan Altmark <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > You won’t find a specific answer to that specific question here since it > > would require access to proprietary vendor sales data to answer it. > > > > Based on published information, I wouldn’t use the word “still” as if > it’s > > a has-been technology. Linux workloads continue to grow. There’s a > reason > > we have a LinuxONE brand. > > > > Regards, > > Alan > > > > Alan Altmark > > Senior z/VM Engineer and Consultant > > IBM Infrastructure > > Endicott, NY USA > > > > > On Jun 22, 2025, at 9:41 AM, Frank Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > How many customers are still using z Linux? > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > > visit > > http://www2.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://www2.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://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
