In Loving Memory of the Mainframe (aka IMS)
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| On Monday, October 22, 2007 at 15:45, the mainframe (Betelgeuse) was
| unplugged from the internet. It is with deep sadness that the IT family
| announces the end of a generation of mainframe computing.
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http://umanitoba.ca/mainframe/index.php
How to really bury a mainframe
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| In case you were wondering what an IBM 650's specifications were, according
| to this Columbia University site, the CPU was 5ft by 3ft by 6ft and weighed
| 1,966 lbs, and rented for $3200 per month. The power unit was 5x3x6 and
| weighed 2,972 pounds.
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/23123
IBM Faces EU Antitrust Complaint by Mainframe Maker
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| International Business Machines Corp., the world's biggest computer-services
| company, is accused in a European Union complaint filed by a
| mainframe-computer maker of refusing to supply data needed for compatible
| products.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aykyYQcLeH_4&refer=europe
Related:
IBM upgrades z/VSE mainframe OS for wider ecommerce and Linux use
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| IBM has upgraded its z/VSE mainframe operating system to further support
| ecommerce and widening Linux use.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/10/22/227655/ibm-upgrades-zvse-mainframe-os-for-wider-ecommerce-and-linux.htm
Big Iron lives on
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| These Linux-only processors are priced approximately 90 percent
| lower than a processor utilised for a traditional mainframe workload.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9369
Top 500 Supers: Moore's Law Is Alive and Well
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| There are two Windows-based clusters, and 42 machines that run a mix
| of operating systems--and one of those operating systems in the mix is
| always a Linux and the other is a variant of Unix. If you want to be
| fair, Linux is represented on 86 percent of the machines...
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http://www.itjungle.com/tlb/tlb071007-story02.html
Linux drives a mainframe revival
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| Linux may not be everyone?s idea of a mainframe operating system,
| but for a growing number of large and medium-sized businesses
| the synergy between Linux and big iron is the solution to as
| ignificant problem.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Feeds/RSS/Articles/2006/11/16/219927/Linux+drives+a+mainframe+revival.htm
http://tinyurl.com/tdjgr
Mainframe in comeback mode
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| We have over 1,300 independent software vendors who work with the
| Mainframe. We have 300 to 400 in the Linux arena. We have many
| business partners and some integrators too, that we work with.
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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2007/01/01/stories/2007010100110300.htm
IBM and Oracle Agreement Strengthens Mainframe Computing, IDC Says
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| IBM and Oracle announced this initiative to collaborate on the sales
| and marketing of a series of enterprise business solutions with
| Oracle applications and technology for Linux on System z on
| October 24, 2006. It targets the business requirements of large
| and medium size enterprise customers and meets growing marketd
| emand, complementing a series of investments IBM and Oracle have
| made in support of Linux as an enterprise application platform.
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http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=207879
Linux-on-Mainframe Apps Up 100%: IBM
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| IBM recently reported a 390% jump in mainframe sites running Linux.
| It says more than 60% of its mainframe revenue is now coming from
| new workloads, with approximately 20% of the revenue and 30% of the
| MIPS coming from Linux customers, which is what has the ISVs
| interested.
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http://issj.sys-con.com/read/317754.htm
IBM touts mainframes to India
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| It wants large and mid-sized companies to consider running Linux
| virtual machines on a mainframe instead of stand-alone servers.
| It argues that not only does it bring operational efficiency -
| there's just one machine to house and manage - but it has
| performance advantages too, as a mainframe copes with demand
| spikes better than a rack-mount server
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/10/ibm_zos_india/
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