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 Re: OpenBSD 390? Hi, Well there always is hercules. http://www.conmicro.cx/hercules/ Understanding the FAQ etc seems to require much more S/390 experience than I have (and remember from the old s/370 days) cheers bruce On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 09:02:42AM -0500, Sean Kennedy wrote: > <Sean Chuckles> > > I don't know. > The $12,000.00 License Fee to operate it on an LPAR Would do wonders to > moving forward with revenue to get new t-shirts... > > > It also would be one of the few legally unencumbered *nix-type OS'es that > could be ported to z/VM that would A: take advantage of 64-bit. B: not have > legal isses with SCO., C:be a real historically accurate *nix on S/390, and > D: be the only other Secure OS on Mainframes other than ESA/VSE. > > If we want to do it. I'd love to try. (Sean looks for an available suite > of instances...) > > Caveat: we would have to use Linux Partitions to run it on for the first > bit... > > -sean > > > >On Tuesday, December 19, Jack Woehr wrote: > >> Tobias Weingartner wrote: > >> > The last time I had something to do with an S/390, along with > >> > linux, it was very painful. It became very obvious that unix > >> > on s/390 is a bad match at best. > >> > >> Early on in the port, one fellow got > 20,000 Linux images to boot > >> side-by-side on one moderately sized mainframe. > > > >*sigh* I worked fairly closely with IBM on a number of the > >issues involved. > > > >> > In order for it to be a good > >> > match, the unix core would have to be substantially modified. > >> > >> There are compromises. > > > >Compromises such as a $1m machine not being able to keep up > >with a $5k PC. > >--Toby. > > __________________________________________________ _______________ > Enter the "Telus Mobility Xbox a Day" contest for your chance to WIN! > Telus Mobility is giving away an Microsoft Xbox. 360 every day from > November 20 to December 31, 2006! Just download Windows Live (MSN) > Messenger to your IM-capable TELUS mobile phone, and you could be a winner! > http://www.telusmobility.com/msnxbox/ > -- edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org      |
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