1 posted on
06/21/2011 10:36:41 AM PDT by
ShadowAce
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
2 posted on
06/21/2011 10:37:04 AM PDT by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
“no one has ever hacked the mainframe”
I suppose that’s true for some very narrow definitions of “hacked”.
Making all the terminals attached to a mainframe suddenly start scrolling “The Call of Cthulhu” from start to finish is not a hack, apparently.
3 posted on
06/21/2011 10:42:15 AM PDT by
DBrow
To: ShadowAce
Who is running mainframes anymore? A few select places perhaps but all the best have been buried.
Who is left? IBM and HP. Anyone else?
And HP killed the best version of UNIX, OSF/1, choosing their own HP-SUX.
To: ShadowAce
"the price of virtualisation software has rocketed."Not really. Basic deployments, for smaller shops just looking for server consolidation, they pretty much give it away. Now, if you're looking for Enterprise level reliability/redundancy(and multiple physical processors per box), then it starts to cost serious $$$,$$$.
5 posted on
06/21/2011 10:45:22 AM PDT by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: ShadowAce
Sorry but the users will always go for for a “Shrink Wrap Solution” if at all possible over a big iron commitment
8 posted on
06/21/2011 11:26:29 AM PDT by
tophat9000
(Global Warming, undeniable truth; Obama, infallible genius; Apple perfect, invented everything)
To: ShadowAce
hand winding core memory bump.
9 posted on
06/21/2011 11:28:34 AM PDT by
dangerdoc
(see post #6)
To: ShadowAce
I’ll go back to the mainframe when they bring back punch cards. /s
To: ShadowAce
BFL. The folks who keep calling for the death of the mainframe really just don’t understand their place in the computing ecosystem.
15 posted on
06/21/2011 2:07:12 PM PDT by
zeugma
(The only thing in the social security trust fund is your children and grandchildren's sweat.)
To: ShadowAce
Here's me with my home computer. I can pull up FreeRepublic on the monitor with my mainframe web browser, written in COBOL...
16 posted on
06/21/2011 2:13:34 PM PDT by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: ShadowAce
Mainframe jokes:
What do you call a JCL specialist that takes care of procs?
A Proc-tologist! How do you keep a DB2 DBA in suspense?
I'll tell you tomorrow
Mainframe Acronyms:
- IBM - I've Been Misled
- MVS - Man VS System
- TSO - Terrible System Overhead
- SMS - System Mangled Storage
17 posted on
06/21/2011 2:20:30 PM PDT by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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