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Sun Bashes Linux on (IBM) Mainframes

Posted by michael on from the these-aren't-the-servers-you're-looking-for dept.

dagbrown writes: "An article linked from Sun's front page, entitled "Linux on the mainframe: Not a good idea" by Shahin Khan, Sun's chief competitive officer, has the interesting theory that Linux on mainframes makes no sense because, among other things, the VM/Linux combo isn't a very good match. What do the folks on Slashdot think?"

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  1. Re:Maybe not, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Stop toting the BSD bandwagon you fucking idiot. Each flavour has their strengths and weaknesses, and only an amateur or novice would blatantly group them all together as good for the mainframe (TM). Please. Do yourself a favour. In the words of obnoxious teenagers your age, "Shut the fuck up, `n00b'(sic)".

  2. Sun has lost... by HogGeek · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    ... Their competative edge. With the hardware issues on the Sparc II modules that affected companies such as e-bay (and the company that I work for), they have given alot of their customers black eyes. We are converting from a SUN E10K to IBM RS/6000's running AIX and Linux, because our clients can no longer tolerate the Sun crashing...

    Sun is just trying to cover the ass, as they are losing a lot of business to IBM.

  3. Re:I disagree by real_b0fh · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    > If you use a supported distribution, you don't even have to learn a new distro.

    the mind boggles... do you really believe that Mandrake or RedHat will install on the s/390?

    Get your shit straight.

    --
    "Contrary to popular belief, UNIX is user friendly. It just happens to be selective on who it makes friendship with"