Friday night HN thoughts... (1) IBM charges for "MIPS", so faster processor, mo' money. (2) Because of the humungo margins in this space, they have a great R&D

Friday night HN thoughts... (1) IBM charges for "MIPS", so faster processor, mo' money. (2) Because of the humungo margins in this space, they have a great R&D budget. (3) The marketing has to be IBM mainframes are the most bestest and "worth it", so every gen is ahead in some respects. (4) IBM makes a lot of money outsourcing legacy mainframe workloads, so faster systems keeps them ahead of the curve there. Years ago, IBM had a partner offering mainframe Linux/Java "cloud servers". But that must not have added-up. They will tell their existing customers Z is great for these workloads but you don't see Google or Amazon buying them.