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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. Where the FUCK is iLife '07??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Come ON you homosexual deviants in Cupertino. QUIT FUCKING AROUND and update your fucking software every so often. You mincing faggots are worse than Debian...

  2. Re:A pleasure to work with, as well.. by Nexcis · · Score: 0, Troll

    The grammar/syntax nazi in me is screaming to get out. I, MUST, (RESIST).

  3. Re:A pleasure to work with, as well.. by Nexcis · · Score: 0, Troll

    The horror.