Re: database market share 2003

Data Goob said: > "Mark A" <ma@switchboard.net> wrote in message > news:orawc.73$5Z4.54067@news.uswest.net... >> >> The operating system and much of the system software on it is much more >> stable than Linux or UNIX, which is why many large enterprises rely on >> it >> for critical applications like banking, reservations, and other critical >> applications. Actually the IBM mainframe boxes themselves run Linux or >> z/OS. >> > When did this occur? I thought mainframes ran VM. VM stands for Virtual Machine. It simply allows the hardware to host multiple OSes, much like VMWare does in [WL]intel. >> I don't think it is a growth market, nor is it disappearing. The >> mainframe >> prices keep decreasing, and UNIX boxes get more sophisticated and more >> expensive. So eventually it will probably just come down to which >> operating >> system you want to use. >> > Hmmm. Interesting. > >> People get too hung-up on the past, and on the names of things. An IBM >> mainframe is just a box, that runs an operating system, and can run >> local >> application or with remote clients (including web clients). Things >> change. >> > ( runs around to catch him leaving and makes him stop ) > > Isn't VM considered one of the best OS's out there? Isn't that the OS > on OS/390, or is it another name--guess I'm too much away from mainframe > systems? VM isn't an OS as such. > But imagine this for a moment, Dieing database product hooks up with > dieing hardware platform. I mean seriously, it would be interesting to see > Informix and z/OS come together in an Open Source project of some kind. > Like start out with just putting Informix SE on z/OS. WTF they're both > dying animals, give it a shot. Unless I've got the wrong end of the stick, IDS has been out Linux z/OS for about a year now? And 4GL? -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche "I'm trying to see things your way, but I can't get my head up my ass" - JCH "Ogni uomo mi guarda come se fossi una testa di cazzo" - Marco sending to informix-list