[geeks] Big Blue Smoke

[Sridhar the POWERful]

On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Eric Dittman wrote:

> > http://www.bigbluesmoke.com/
> >
> > This is great.
>
> I see a lot of FUD.
>
> For instance, the claims that the z800 is a lot like the previously
> announced Linux mainframe.  The z800 *IS* the previously announced
> Linux mainframe.  And a z800 is an incredibly cost-effective web
> server, based on the results for real-world tests I've seen.  There is
> a lot of interest in migrating to an S/390 web server from other
> platforms.

Because a lot of companies have thoroughly screwed themselves by switching
to farms of smaller machines.  And the demand in the mainframe has
quintupled in the last decade or so.  It's before that when they had gone
out of fashion.  And that's when said companies screwed themselves.

Peace...  Sridhar