Re: MORE THAN HALF THE MAINFRAME MIPS IBM SELLS ARE LINUX?

2008-09-06 Thread Paul Raulerson
(*sigh*) Good for you Mark. So how many new z/OS installs have been sold by IBM in the past four years? I know of exactly 2. How many new Linux installs? I personally know of at least 48, maybe 49. I have no idea how many z/OS only shops are now z/OS, z/VM, and Linux, but I do know of

Re: MORE THAN HALF THE MAINFRAME MIPS IBM SELLS ARE LINUX?

2008-09-06 Thread Marcy Cortes
At SHARE, Ehrich Amrehn discussed some very very large European and Asian customers. Sites with like 300+ IFLs.Places that made the us U.S. Linux on z customers look like small potatoes indeed! So maybe?! Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you

Re: MORE THAN HALF THE MAINFRAME MIPS IBM SELLS ARE LINUX?

2008-09-06 Thread Owen, Jerry W.
It would be interesting to see how many IBM customers in Europe have switched to this technology due to their dislike for a certain company. In the US, I think we are just getting the message that 100,000 sq ft of controlled environment filled with "STOVEPIPE" servers isn't the answer to automatio

Re: MORE THAN HALF THE MAINFRAME MIPS IBM SELLS ARE LINUX?

2008-09-06 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 9/6/2008 at 11:30 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Raulerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the other hand, IBM sells a load of "Linux only" mainframes these > days, most of which come with a z/VM license. ; > It is not beyond reason that half of the MIPS out there are "Linux"

Re: MORE THAN HALF THE MAINFRAME MIPS IBM SELLS ARE LINUX?

2008-09-06 Thread Paul Raulerson
On the other hand, IBM sells a load of "Linux only" mainframes these days, most of which come with a z/VM license. ; It is not beyond reason that half of the MIPS out there are "Linux" MIPS. IFL's are generally faster and cheaper too. Why would you think otherwise? -Paul On Sep 4, 2008, a