Re: OpenSolaris successfully ported to an IBM Mainframe.. Was Question on Out Sourcing

2008-02-13 Thread Van Dalsen, Herbie
Do you have a link for that report? No, but their main site is www.linuxformat.co.uk, I still like to have the paper in my hand and I can always go back to an old article as long as my attic still has space... Search for IBM and Sun snuggle up or Solaris hits big blue's mainframes shocker!

OpenSolaris successfully ported to an IBM Mainframe.. Was Question on Out Sourcing

2008-02-13 Thread Van Dalsen, Herbie
Ron, Why would the z/9 or z/6 not make a perfect Windows terminal server... It is stable and all the rest... I just read page 10 of the February edition of Linux Format where the claim is made that OpenSolaris was successfully ported to a System z IBM mainframe that is co-owned by Sun and Sine

Re: OpenSolaris successfully ported to an IBM Mainframe.. Was Question on Out Sourcing

2008-02-13 Thread Staller, Allan
Herbie, Do you have a link for that report? snip I just read page 10 of the February edition of Linux Format where the claim is made that OpenSolaris was successfully ported to a System z IBM mainframe that is co-owned by Sun and Sine Nomine in Virginia USA. /snip

Re: OpenSolaris successfully ported to an IBM Mainframe.. Was Question on Out Sourcing

2008-02-13 Thread Rich Smrcina
I understand from sources close to the port that it is indeed underway and should be sometime this year. Staller, Allan wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Van Dalsen, Herbie Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:22 AM

Re: OpenSolaris successfully ported to an IBM Mainframe.. Was Question on Out Sourcing

2008-02-13 Thread Van Dalsen, Herbie
Rich, I should probably not put this in because the Feb edition is not online to read yet(probably still selling in Eason's / W.H. Smith)... But the exact words of this article is this... IBM signaled another change in its relationship with Sun Microsystems by announcing the success of a project

Re: OpenSolaris successfully ported to an IBM Mainframe.. Was Question on Out Sourcing

2008-02-13 Thread Staller, Allan
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Van Dalsen, Herbie Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:22 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: OpenSolaris successfully ported to an IBM Mainframe.. Was Question on Out Sourcing Do you have

Re: OpenSolaris successfully ported to an IBM Mainframe.. Was Question on Out Sourcing

2008-02-13 Thread Brian Peterson
Oops: David Boyes (I misspelled Mr Boyes name). Brian On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:15:41 -0600, Brian Peterson wrote: On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:13:28 -, Van Dalsen, Herbie wrote: (snip) I just read page 10 of the February edition of Linux Format where the claim is made that OpenSolaris was

Re: OpenSolaris successfully ported to an IBM Mainframe.. Was Question on Out Sourcing

2008-02-13 Thread Brian Peterson
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:13:28 -, Van Dalsen, Herbie wrote: (snip) I just read page 10 of the February edition of Linux Format where the claim is made that OpenSolaris was successfully ported to a System z IBM mainframe that is co-owned by Sun and Sine Nomine in Virginia USA. Who would have

Re: OpenSolaris successfully ported to an IBM Mainframe.. Was Question on Out Sourcing

2008-02-13 Thread Van Dalsen, Herbie
Very clever of IBM to have I running inside VM... That's another $NNN further before you will have Solaris up and running! -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Peterson Sent: 13 Februarie 2008 06:19 nm To:

Re: OpenSolaris successfully ported to an IBM Mainframe.. Was Question on Out Sourcing

2008-02-13 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Van Dalsen, Herbie Very clever of IBM to have I running inside VM... That's another $NNN further before you will have Solaris up and running! ... Unless you already have z/VM and some spare capacity. -jc-

Re: OpenSolaris successfully ported to an IBM Mainframe.. Was Question on Out Sourcing

2008-02-13 Thread Mark Post
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 3:10 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Van Dalsen, Herbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very clever of IBM to have I running inside VM... That's another $NNN further before you will have Solaris up and running! IBM had nothing to do with that decision. Rather it was