(LinuxWorld) — This article compares the Microsoft client/server
architecture to the Unix approach in terms of systems decisions facing a
university faculty. To put this in context, imagine that you are being
interviewed for a job as the faculty's systems manager. The chairman of the
selection committee asks you to come in to discuss whether the faculty would
be better served if it went all-Linux instead of staying all-Microsoft.
Notice that you're not being asked the traditional "which is cheaper?"
question. Most people have little trouble figuring out that free is cheaper
than not-free. What the committee members seek is something to help them
reach a judgment about you and maybe some validation as to what they were
thinking when they put you on their short list.... (more)
(LinuxWorld) -- Part 1 in this series showed:
The high-end z900 lists for around $5 million to start Offers a maximum of 64
gigabytes of real memory and 16 CPUs running at 770-MHz Is designed for
high-speed batch processing, not interactive user support.
There seem to be no clearly defined, third party, audited benchmarks giving
the price performance ratio of the zSeries relative to conven... (more)
(LinuxWorld) — So far I've not received much feedback on the key
business issues in the first Cocoon article, although quite a lot of comment
has come in on two cost related issues: the impact Microsoft licensing has on
hardware choices and the need to use BizTalk.
No one questioned the notion that you'd put all of the applications on the
same box on the Unix side, but several peopl... (more)
Good news about UTS
The article contains a reference to Amdahl's mid-1980s UTS product and asked
if anyone knew what happened to it since. Seems it's alive and well: Dear Mr.
Murphy,
UTS is very much alive and kicking. Check out our Web page at:
http://www.utsglobal.com
We are not a part of Amdahl and haven't been for about two years.
UTS is still very much in use, check out our customer ... (more)
(LinuxWorld) -- Here's a blinding insight for you: Moore's Law applies only
to hardware, not to the total cost of systems.
What sparked this recognition of the glaringly obvious was a review of
Apple's new Xserve (a dual-processor 1U blade server) and some thinking about
what that thing is likely to mean for the Linux marketplace.
Although the actual numbers are bit fuzzy, it seems that Su... (more)