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> proprietary Unix behemoths http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_on_System_z http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_on_System_z > just hidden away in very specific
by cones688 13y ago
> proprietary Unix behemoths
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_on_System_z http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_on_System_z
> just hidden away in very specific areas
Like every single Financial Institutions on the globe...
Horses for Courses... asking a steeplechaser to do a flat race would be foolish, but each is exceptional for the task they have been bread for.
- gtirloni 13y agoI think you're exemplifying my point. Any company that has enough resources to buy a System z mainframe, can also afford to have a support contract and thus won't be bothered by HP/IBM/Oracle's decision to hide firmware updates behind a pay-wall. Perhaps I should have phrased it "RISC machines" instead of specifying the OS they run. One fault in my argument is that HP sells smaller x86 machines, not only RISC behemoths. So the small customer that bought an HP server a while ago, ran off the warranty period and cannot afford a support contract, is royally screwed. Even here, this go back to my argument: these people are not who HP/IBM/Oracle are focusing on so they couldn't care less.
- cones688 13y agoTotally agree with you, the low margin x86 servers whose focus is SMB or even personal (in the case of N40L) are the ones who are most affected by. Even most of the Proliant range comes with 3yrs service/support/warranty so its only really the microservers which are really affected.
- Aloha 13y agoSystem Z is just about the polar opposite of RISC - but point taken.