[ale] OT: How different is z/OS from Linux/Unix?

[Brian Pitts]

On 03/05/2010 09:29 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> If you're just jonesin' to spend some cash:
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-Mainframe-S390-9672-G6-Parallel-Enterprise-Server_W0QQitemZ230398465933QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCOMP_EN_Workstations?hash=item35a4d1978d
> 
> $3k

Oh, that's cheap. Jim, don't show me these things! I want to put it in
my imaginary garage right next to the Altix UGA is retiring.

That model actually doesn't support z/OS; the G6 was their last
mainframe chip before the 64-bit Z/Architecture. However, it will run
Debian.

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All the best,
Brian Pitts