Notes 8 is quite a lot better than prior versions. I've been using Notes since version 5, and it's made great strides in usability since then. Most things are where you'd expect them to be, and the software works about how you'd expect it to work.
What's especially nice about this is that you have two levels of failover - the first is the secondary data center that's less than 100km from your primary, and it has a guaranteed exact copy of your data. If the first site turns into a smoking crater, the second site picks up without dropping a transaction, since they are both part of the same sysplex (think cluster)
If you want even more redundancy, you can have a tertiary site somewhere else on the planet. This isn't part of the sysplex, but has a copy of the data. Downtime for activating this system will be minimal.
It turns out that some companies are finding out that they simply cannot get more power into their data center, for whatever reason. In this case, running a mainframe with a bunch of virtual machines on it is MUCH more efficient from a power perspective.
Actually, Robert Moses did that on purpose, since he wanted to keep the buses full of the great unwashed masses from NYC out of his precious state parks.
Wow...that was a long time ago. It seems like yesterday Emmett was serenading the/. booth with Clash's "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" on his accordion.
Hey Rob, I'm still waiting for my "Sounds of Slashdot" CD that you promised me:)
If AutoCAD is crashing on bad input, that IS a bug. You should deal appropriately with bad data, and crashing isn't appropriate. This sounds like it's bad software engineering on Autodesk's part.
The rationale behind this is that there is a drought of mainframe experience among students today. If not corrected, this will cause problems in the future when companies can't hire the skills they need to maintain their existing mainframe infrastructure.
The BMW M5 has a V-10 engine. The prize car would probably be a 760i or 760Li, since they are the only cars that BMW currently sells with a V-12 engine.
I'm one of them. Granted, there aren't many of us, but that's the whole point of IBM's announcement. They have realized that there is a skills deficit in good mainframe programmers, and they are taking steps to address that.
Of course, I owe my mainframe skills to the fact that I work for IBM.
z/OS UNIX System Services is UNIX95, XPG4, and XOpen compliant. What's neat about it is that you get the reliability of a mainframe with the flexibility of a UNIX system. You can have your legacy mainframe applications talk to your modern POSIX-based applications.
Disclaimer - I work for IBM, specifically within the USS product. That doesn't stop me from thinking it's a nifty product though:)
Why not just use the $75 million in Windows licenses to offset the money that they already spend on them? IBM sells a lot of Microsoft software, either bundled with the hardware, or as part of a solution. This line of credit is essentially adding $75 million to the bottom line.
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What's even better is that the dialog doesn't indicate whether it has focus or not, so you end up typing your password into your IM window.
FF2 no longer gets security updates - they EOLed the product late last year.
Notes 8 is quite a lot better than prior versions. I've been using Notes since version 5, and it's made great strides in usability since then. Most things are where you'd expect them to be, and the software works about how you'd expect it to work.
...and if you're good enough to win, you could probably finagle a job offer out of the experience.
What's especially nice about this is that you have two levels of failover - the first is the secondary data center that's less than 100km from your primary, and it has a guaranteed exact copy of your data. If the first site turns into a smoking crater, the second site picks up without dropping a transaction, since they are both part of the same sysplex (think cluster)
If you want even more redundancy, you can have a tertiary site somewhere else on the planet. This isn't part of the sysplex, but has a copy of the data. Downtime for activating this system will be minimal.
The new z10 CPUs run at 4.4GHz, and share quite a lot of their architecture with the POWER6 chips. Take a look here for the gory details.
It turns out that some companies are finding out that they simply cannot get more power into their data center, for whatever reason. In this case, running a mainframe with a bunch of virtual machines on it is MUCH more efficient from a power perspective.
Actually, Robert Moses did that on purpose, since he wanted to keep the buses full of the great unwashed masses from NYC out of his precious state parks.
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Wow...that was a long time ago. It seems like yesterday Emmett was serenading the /. booth with Clash's "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" on his accordion.
:)
Hey Rob, I'm still waiting for my "Sounds of Slashdot" CD that you promised me
One of my coworkers down the hall has a small aquarium in his office. He has a bunch of Neon Tetrasin it. It makes for interesting conversation.
That was one of the funniest replies I've seen on /. in a long while. Good job!
EXCELLENT post. That tickled quite a few neurons that I've long since forgotten existed.
On a different note, anyone remember memmaker?
If AutoCAD is crashing on bad input, that IS a bug. You should deal appropriately with bad data, and crashing isn't appropriate. This sounds like it's bad software engineering on Autodesk's part.
If you define cool as running most of Western Civilization, then sure!
The rationale behind this is that there is a drought of mainframe experience among students today. If not corrected, this will cause problems in the future when companies can't hire the skills they need to maintain their existing mainframe infrastructure.
Hey Justin - it's Anthony from Poly. Drop me a line if you see this.
The BMW M5 has a V-10 engine. The prize car would probably be a 760i or 760Li, since they are the only cars that BMW currently sells with a V-12 engine.
z/OS hasn't changed in 30 years? I beg to differ
I'm one of them. Granted, there aren't many of us, but that's the whole point of IBM's announcement. They have realized that there is a skills deficit in good mainframe programmers, and they are taking steps to address that.
Of course, I owe my mainframe skills to the fact that I work for IBM.
If Slashdot had a buzzword filter, your post would have caused it to dump core.
For the ultimate in scalibility and reliability, you can run Lotus Domino on a zSeries mainframe.
I have to agree - Notes 7 is vastly improved from version 5.
IBM z/OS most certainly is UNIX-ish - that's because it IS a UNIX! Look here for more information.
:)
z/OS UNIX System Services is UNIX95, XPG4, and XOpen compliant. What's neat about it is that you get the reliability of a mainframe with the flexibility of a UNIX system. You can have your legacy mainframe applications talk to your modern POSIX-based applications.
Disclaimer - I work for IBM, specifically within the USS product. That doesn't stop me from thinking it's a nifty product though
Why not just use the $75 million in Windows licenses to offset the money that they already spend on them? IBM sells a lot of Microsoft software, either bundled with the hardware, or as part of a solution. This line of credit is essentially adding $75 million to the bottom line.
I'm the old bearded type? I guess I'll have to go get a rocking chair and sit out on my front porch and complain about the weather.