IBM - Plans to release Linux-driven mainframe

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IBM plans to release Linux-driven mainframe

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK (AP) - IBM Corp. will release on Friday what it claims is the first-ever mainframe, running the free, open source Linux operating system.

The new Z-series mainframe for Linux, which costs $400,000 and is aimed at processing transactions at large businesses, is IBM's first mainframe computer sold without IBM's traditional z/OS mainframe operating system, the company said.

The machine, which typically form the nerve center of a corporate computer network of thousands of computers, is significantly cheaper than IBM's non-Linux mainframes, which typically sell for $750,000.

Most of the savings are due to the machine's lack of proprietary, closed-source software.

IBM officials say the machines, to be introduced at the LinuxWorld conference in New York from Jan. 29-Feb. 1, are targeted at companies without staffs experienced in mainframe operation.

The company also announced the release of a smaller server running Linux, the I-series server for Linux, which will sell for less than $50,000.

-- Anonymous, January 26, 2002

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Neat stuff, for all you wireheads.

Hint: If someone calls you a computer geek or nerd, give him a mean stare and reply coldly, "I am not a geek or nerd. I am a wirehead, and damned proud of it."

-- Anonymous, January 26, 2002


Nobody ever calls me any of those names. (sigh)

-- Anonymous, January 26, 2002

You don't hang with the right crew, OG. (;

-- Anonymous, January 26, 2002

Guess not. I was built for adulation not high-tech edification. LOL!

-- Anonymous, January 27, 2002

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