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Linux On Big Iron

Posted by Hemos on from the success-stories-abound dept.

panker writes "eWeek is running an article about a company who converted their IBM mainframe into a Linux email server. "The technical support manager at Winnebago Industries Inc. recently oversaw the deployment of Version 7 of SuSE Linux AG's Linux operating system on an IBM zSeries mainframe to run his company's e-mail server supporting 700 users." "

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  1. Overkill??? by MadCow42 · · Score: 3, Redundant

    You can support 700 users on a decent dual desktop system with Linux, what's this guy thinking?

    Maybe he's just got an extra mainframe laying around...? You've got to think the support/maintenance on a mainframe would be horrendous compared to buying a new desktop server for this?

    MadCow.

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    1. Re:Overkill??? by ahde · · Score: 1, Redundant

      You can support 700 users on a decent pentium 133. With DNS and dialup and basic web hosting. I know.

  2. Good by Sims+Youth · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This oughta show those Unisys jerks that Linux can kick ass on big iron!