Gartner: Windows collapsing under its own weight; Radical change needed | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

2008-04-10 Thread McKown, John
Gee, how long has IBM been able to support backward compatability in the OS/360 line of operating systems? http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8428tag=nl.e550 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Gartner: Windows collapsing under its own weight; Radical change needed | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

2008-04-10 Thread Matthew Stitt
Z/OS is modular to some degree. There is the core OS and some add-on software which is almost necessary and utilitarian. After that are additional products to configure the OS to a customer's requirements. Then add on the application software which further individualizes the system for the