Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:10:31 +0800 From: Charlie Root <root@cimbali.dssrg.curtin.edu.au> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mainframe support Message-ID: <20040329151031.GA24674@cimbali.dssrg.curtin.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <1080562783.3107.9.camel@chaucer> References: <200403290441.i2T4fscK023387@cimbali.dssrg.curtin.edu.au> <1080562783.3107.9.camel@chaucer>
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On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 07:19:43AM -0500, Mike Jeays wrote: > On Sun, 2004-03-28 at 23:41, Charon wrote: > > IBM is currently pushing Linux on its big iron offerings. What similar > > IBM implemented its VM Operating system many years ago. It is capable of > running guest operating systems that "believe" they are running on a I was just curious. A local news site zdnet.au posted a story about Centrelink (large IT user in Australia) stalling Linux deployment because of SCO FUD. Someone mentioned that BSD couldn't be used because it couldn't run on a mainframe so I figured I would ask. > MVS. VM can run many copies of Linux simultaneously. I am not sure it > is quite fair to call this a "smoke and mirrors" port. I wasn't dissing IBM :-), shouldave used a different term.
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