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Is IBM's mainframe server pitch to the midmarket a viable one?
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| definitely changes the TCO equation, Mann agreed. "One of the reasons
| companies have moved away from mainframes is that z/OS and MVS are inflexible
| and proprietary and require very specialized skills." In contrast, a z10
| running Linux is "a flexible and open platform" whose software costs are far
| lower than those of proprietary big iron, he said.
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http://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid183_gci1341954,00.html
European availability zone opens for Amazon EC2
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| For now, European customers will have the Linux- and Unix-based AMIs
| available to them, which were the basic types Amazon offered while EC2 was
| still in beta. EC2 emerged from beta late last October, with the intention of
| adding Windows Server 2003-based AMIs soon thereafter.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/European_availability_zone_opens_for_Amazon_EC2/1228925369
Recent:
Vista laptops not top sellers on Amazon
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| That one is an HP mini-notebook that ranked No. 18, trailing behind a gaggle
| of Macs and Netbooks running either Windows XP or Linux.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10068616-75.html
Amazon to sell one OLPC laptop for the price of two
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| Amazon will soon sell the OLPC Linux laptop using the approach taken by the
| hardware charity's 'buy two, get one' programme.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/09/04/amazon_to_sell_olpc/
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