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

2008-09-08 Thread Huegel, Thomas
THAN HALF THE MAINFRAME MIPS IBM SELLS ARE LINUX? On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Mark Post wrote: On 9/7/2008 at 9:02 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], william JANULIN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The other question is, what percentage of mainframe sales is 'replacement business' like new cars. How

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

2008-09-08 Thread Dave Wade
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: MORE THAN HALF THE MAINFRAME MIPS IBM SELLS ARE LINUX? On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Mark Post wrote: On 9/7/2008 at 9:02 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], william JANULIN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The other question is, what percentage of mainframe sales

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

2008-09-07 Thread Mark Post
On 9/6/2008 at 7:20 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marcy Cortes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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!

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

2008-09-07 Thread Mark Post
On 9/7/2008 at 9:02 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], william JANULIN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The other question is, what percentage of mainframe sales is 'replacement business' like new cars. How many 'new' mainframe shops have been added to the fold? According to my contacts at IBM, a

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

2008-09-07 Thread John McKown
On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Mark Post wrote: On 9/7/2008 at 9:02 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], william JANULIN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The other question is, what percentage of mainframe sales is 'replacement business' like new cars. How many 'new' mainframe shops have been added to

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

2008-09-07 Thread Alan Altmark
On Sunday, 09/07/2008 at 03:24 EDT, John McKown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wish I could get management here interested in Linux on the z. We had it for a short time. Somebody had the idea that Linux on z could be use to consolidate WINDOWS workloads directly (like VMWare on Intel, but using

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, at

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 MIPS. IFL's

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

2008-09-06 Thread Owen, Jerry W.
THE MAINFRAME MIPS IBM SELLS ARE LINUX? 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

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

2008-09-06 Thread Marcy Cortes
you for your cooperation. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Owen, Jerry W. Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 9:09 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] MORE THAN HALF THE MAINFRAME MIPS IBM SELLS ARE LINUX

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

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

2008-09-05 Thread David Boyes
*sigh* No, it certainly wasn't a SNA project, although a number of us did participate while part of other lives. As to the more than half number, what I said was that it was likely that the majority of the *increase* in MIPS was specialty engines of *some* type. I'm not sure the reporter got

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

2008-09-05 Thread David Boyes
I've added a corrective comment to the posting as well. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Alan Ackerman Sent: Fri 9/5/2008 12:18 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: MORE THAN HALF THE MAINFRAME MIPS IBM SELLS ARE LINUX? Any truth

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

2008-09-05 Thread Tom Duerbusch
. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of Alan Ackerman Sent: Fri 9/5/2008 12:18 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: MORE THAN HALF THE MAINFRAME MIPS IBM SELLS ARE LINUX? Any truth to this? Someone at work forwarded it to me. The web site works . David Boyes

MORE THAN HALF THE MAINFRAME MIPS IBM SELLS ARE LINUX?

2008-09-04 Thread Alan Ackerman
Any truth to this? Someone at work forwarded it to me. The web site works . David Boyes of Sine Nomine Associates is quoted. MORE THAN HALF THE MAINFRAME MIPS IBM SELLS ARE LINUX? http://go.techtarget.com/r/4319857/567040 Matt Stansberry, Senior Site Editor By some estimates, since this past

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

2008-09-04 Thread Mark Post
On 9/5/2008 at 12:18 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alan Ackerman[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any truth to this? Someone at work forwarded it to me. The web site works. David Boyes of Sine Nomine Associates is quoted. I doubt it. As was mentioned in one of the comments, the figures most