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[News] GNU/Linux Can Carry on Growing in Mainframes, Virtual Machines

  • Subject: [News] GNU/Linux Can Carry on Growing in Mainframes, Virtual Machines
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:35:06 +0100
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Can mainframe use really grow?

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| The study says IBMâs strategy of building specialty processors for 
| the mainframe, such as the Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) 
| System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) for ERP and CRM 
| transactions and z Application Assist Processor (zAAP) processors 
| for Java and XML transactions are key to ongoing success of the 
| platform.
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http://www.infoworld.com/d/hardware/can-mainframe-use-really-grow-861

The New Windows vs. Linux Debate

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| It's entirely probable that in the near future, the heterogeneous 
| data center will have a different meaning, referring to both 
| hypervisors and operating systems and no specification of which is 
| meant will be needed.
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http://www.serverwatch.com/virtualization/article.php/3839451/The-New-Windows-vs-Linux-Debate.htm


Recent:

IBM halves mainframe Linux engine prices

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| The IBM mainframe may not have a lot of direct competition when it comes to
| z/OS-based batch and transactional work, but the story is different when it
| comes to Linux. There's plenty of competition among Linux platforms, and Big
| Blue can't ignore the pressure that Moore's Law brings to bear.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/17/ibm_mainframe_linux_cuts/
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