At 07:40 pm 25/08/2001 +0100, you wrote:
More or less what's happening with me now.... Except i don't have a
mainframe to play with, or indeed the space to keep a mainframe in....
> Forwarding this from a newsletter I get
> ----
> DEVELOPERS: WANT TO TAKE AN IBM MAINFRAME FOR A SPIN?
> Does developing Linux software for a mainframe computer sound like
fun?
> For many Linux advocates, the answer is probably "yes." Do you have
a
> mainframe handy? Unless you're working for a large company, the
answer
> is probably "no," and that's worrying IBM. Big Blue is so concerned
> that the PC maker has decided to do something about the mainframe
> shortage.
>
> Most open source software is created on inexpensive desktop computer
> systems, which isn't surprising, considering the fact that most open
> source developers are volunteering their time and don't have scads
of
> cash for hardware purchases. Recognizing this point, and openly
> inviting Linux development for its mainframe systems, IBM has
created
> the Linux Community Development System (LCDS).
>
> LCDS provides open source developers with free access to a S/390
> mainframe. The system features a 9672 G6 Model ZX7 processor with 32
GB
> of main memory, 2.1 terabytes of auxiliary memory, and a hypervisor
> operating system that transparently allocates to each Linux user a
> virtual environment that appears to the Linux kernel as a separate
> processor and 128 MB of main memory. For more information, visit the
> LCDS homepage.
> http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/os/linux/lcds/
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Received on Sun Aug 26 2001 - 08:32:01 BST