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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. Interesting read. by gmplague · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Looks like an interesting read to me. But it seems like it is logical for sun to do this. They're still trying with their fledgling solaris, I'm sure this kind of bashing goes on at every company.

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  2. Not really bashing linux by lkaos · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Perhaps I do not have as finely tuned of an anti-linux ear as the /. admins but it doesn't really seem to me that Sun is bashing Linux.

    Sun brings up a few very valid points:
    1. Linux on mainframes is still running on top of a properitery VM. This kills the whole Free Software argument for using Linux.
    2. Linux is not designed to run on top of z/VM. It isn't :) That's not a bad thing, it's the truth.
    3. Using Linux on top of z/VM limits the amount of fault recovery that can occur compared to IBM's old z/OS. This seems logically to me.

    I don't think Sun is trashing Linux. I just think they are saying that Linux does not scale to Mainframes that great right now. Perhaps the only thing they aren't doing is saying that while there are issues with Linux now, the fact that Linux is FS allows those issues to be resolved in the future. Of course, why would a company endorse another company's product?
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  3. Re:Really? by vicviper · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Uhhh moderators, this appears to be sarcasm, not flamebait...