SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
Our company is looking at obtaining servers for a new central SAS environment (replacing aging and scattered older servers). Can SAS run under linux on the mainframe and if so does it perform well? Our local SAS rep says there is no SAS product for linux/390 but I had thought some people are in fac

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Rich Smrcina
There was a post last July where a development version of SAS V9 for Linux for zSeries was being used. There doesn't seem to be anything much newer that is relevant. On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 10:06, Smith, Ann (ISD, IT) wrote: > Our company is looking at obtaining servers for a new central SAS > envi

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Marcy Cortes
lf Of Smith, Ann (ISD, IT) Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 08:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LINUX-390] SAS - Is linux/390 an option? Our company is looking at obtaining servers for a new central SAS environment (replacing aging and scattered older servers). Can SAS run under linux on the main

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
By 'they' do you mean SAS or just your company decided not to do it? -Original Message- From: Marcy Cortes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 11:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option? We had it - beta. Worked great.

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Marcy Cortes
rsday, September 09, 2004 10:20 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] SAS - Is linux/390 an option? By 'they' do you mean SAS or just your company decided not to do it? -Original Message- From: Marcy Cortes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 11:5

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
Thanks! Talking to our SAS rep, I get the impression SAS doesn't think there's much of a market for it. -Original Message- From: Marcy Cortes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 1:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an opt

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread James Melin
IST.EDU> Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option? 09/09/2004 01:08 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU> Thanks! Talking to our SAS rep, I get the

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
ger Worldwide Marketing Technology Strategy SAS Institute Inc. Cary, NC 27513 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 919-531-0431 -Original Message- From: James Melin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 2:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option? Fro our perspect

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Ronald Wells
If SAS thinks there is not a market on Linux, guess they are in for a real shocker As for SAS going up in price on M/F's?? well that is why so many shops are looking at Linux or just dumping the product's..re-evaluating it's REAL worth..and what alternatives there are out there...

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Dave Jousma
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Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Michael Morgan
of a market for it. > > -Original Message- > From: Marcy Cortes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 1:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option? > > SAS - sorry I was so unclear! > > Marcy Cortes > (415

Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option?

2004-09-09 Thread Smith, Ann (ISD, IT)
t moving really aren't true cpu hogs. -Original Message- From: Dave Jousma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 3:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option? We moved to SAS on LINUX on Intel running Suse 9.0. Runs like a champ,

Re: SAS - Is Linux/390 an option?

2004-09-10 Thread James Melin
390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject IST.EDU> Re: SAS - Is linux/390 an option? 09/09/2004 02:00 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port

Re: SAS - Is Linux/390 an option?

2004-09-10 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 09/10/2004 at 08:26 EST, James Melin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What SAS really needs to do is a measured usage approach to licensing. > Just because we added an processor doesn't mean that the SAS usage of those > resources went up by that much. IBM has seen that measured usage sells

Re: SAS - Is Linux/390 an option?

2004-09-10 Thread Phil Payne
> Everyone wants to be charged only according to consumption, rather than > capacity. Imagine for yourself how "consumption" would be [reliably and > securely] measured and reported. I also find that executives want PREDICTABLE charges. In many ways, this is at odds with the reality of the moder