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The Pros and Cons of Mainframe Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rolling-out-the-big-iron dept.

magellan writes "There is a good article on LinuxWorld.com that goes over some of the pros and cons of Linux on the mainframe. The author, Paul Murphy is an old mainframer and current UNIX user, as well as a frequent contributor to LinuxWorld.com, so he has some good insights. "

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  1. Gotta be better than M$ Windows Datacenter. by tmcmsail · · Score: 3, Funny

    Linux the utility OS, runs anywhere. I have it on Intel & Alpha at home. What hardware do you want to make sing today :-)

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  2. Thanks for the article... by swagr · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was about to spend 5 million dollars on a new zSeries setup, but after reading the article I thought "maybe my laptop is good enough for now".

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  3. Re:Linux has scalibility problems by micromoog · · Score: 3, Funny
    Your sig:

    -atrowe: Card-carrying Mensa member. I have no toleranse for stupidity.

    "tolerance"? . . . oh, the irony.

  4. Kids these days by wiredog · · Score: 4, Funny
    on my corporate mainframe...combo of NT and OpenBSD

    That ain't big iron! The only system that runs both of those is the Alpha. And the Alpha ain't a mainframe.

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  5. Re:Linux has scalibility problems by BadTuna · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gee! Someone used Linux and inferior in the same sentence ! Don't you know you will be banned from /. for eternity?

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