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IBM Saves $250M Running Linux On Mainframes

Posted by kdawson on from the mmmm-dogfood dept.

coondoggie writes "Today IBM will announce it is consolidating nearly 4,000 small computer servers in six locations onto about 30 refrigerator-sized mainframes running Linux, saving $250 million in the process. The 4,000 replaced servers will be recycled by IBM Global Asset Recovery Services. The six data centers currently take up over 8 million square feet, or the size of nearly 140 football fields."

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  1. Re:Must be SCO jacked up the rates... by larry+bagina · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    SCO owns the rights to the original (AT&T) Unix code. (Maybe. Novell claims they still own the rights and the SCO was just their license collector). All *real* unixes (including AIX and Solaris) pay/paid SCO a Unix licensing fee.

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