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IBM Calls Linux "Logical Successor" To AIX

Posted by timothy on from the in-line-with-recent-events dept.

pknoll writes "Though it probably won't happen soon, IBM is talking about Linux eventually replacing AIX. The article at Globe Technology states there are IBM folks working on 'chips for 2007' systems, and the viewpoint projected is described as 'multidecade,' but it's an interesting view into the future of IBM and Linux."

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  1. Re:That is a crying shame by bored · · Score: 5, Informative

    Support for large major/minor configurations. For example this translates to being able to handle more than 256 devices on a SAN. Hot Plug PCI & Io drawers that work. Capacity on demand across virtual partitions allows processor/RAM to appear disappear from a virtual partition. A journaled file system that supports dynamic expansion across LV's. Mixed 32-bit and 64-bit applications running on the same hardware under either a 32-bit or 64-bit kernel. A built in kernel debugger that doesn't suck.

    This just off the top of my head. Most of these features like the the JFS/LVM stuff has been there for years.