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No reason those servers couldn't be loaded with AIX or Windows. The way IBM is acting they'd love to do to Windows what they're trying to do to Unix - which is give all the code away for free. Instead of working with software companies, they're trying to blow the whole market up just so they don't have to pay any licenses back to anyone when they sell a server. But without software income, there's no R&D, and ultimately new products and features.

Actually, they can't do Windows on mainframes... VM and MVS, sure... But Windows hasn't been ported to that architecture. On the other hand, Red Hat Linux has. You should see it run on some of IBM's "big iron!" I saw one implementation where there were 165 VMs all running RH Linux! Awesome.

And speaking of R&D, IBM has been doing all sorts of R&D in conjuction with Red Hat, just like DEC and then Compaq did with Microsoft, before MS abandoned the Dec Alpha. In fact, that's exactly what SCO claims, except they claim that the code was stolen.

Mark

Actually, they can't do Windows on mainframes... VM and MVS, sure... But Windows hasn't been ported to that architecture.

I don't see any reason why anyone would want to, either. There's sufficiently other H/W platforms for Windows that perform at the top of the TPC.

I saw one implementation where there were 165 VMs all running RH Linux! Awesome.

Distributed network resources and servers have always worked better for us, not only because of the quantity of clients (several thousand) but because of the diverse set of applications in use.

just like DEC and then Compaq did with Microsoft, before MS abandoned the Dec Alpha. In fact, that's exactly what SCO claims, except they claim that the code was stolen.

Not really that similar, since Microsoft didn't go partner with another vendor and use the Alpha designs in the new project.