[Novalug] IBM to Consolidate 3, 900 Servers onto 33 Mainframes running linux

[Ed James]

I started with big iron long ago, and watched them evolve.  But I gladly
left them for desktops for 3 main reasona.

1 - I hated having to deal with the mainframe operator for simple things
like mounting/unmounting tapes.  Not a current problem

2 - I REALLY hated dealing with cost accounting for CPU seconds, disk I/O,
etc where each program run came out of some budget somewhere.  Too often
the limits were capricious and arbitrary, but still a major hassle.

3 - Getting anything new installed was so much of a pain that it wasn't
even worth trying.  "Working around" was more the norm than "working
smart".

Nowadays, I think I'd enjoy building and creating software on big iron.
Trouble is, I STILL can't afford to buy one. :P

Ed James

Quoting "Fearer, Mark" <mfearer at verizon.net>:

> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2164958,00.asp?kc=EWKNLINF080107FEA1
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