SCO fizzles

[Collins Richey]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:08:36 -0400
Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:

> Quoth Collins Richey:
> > On 24 Aug 2003 20:45:45 -0400
> > 
> > > Sun views their niche to be a very large share of the mid-high end
> > > Enterprise market. This is not an area where Linux has been a
> > > strong threat. 
> > 
> > Underline "has not been."  This is now changing due to the IBM
> > effort.
> > 
> > Any company large enough to consider IBM Z series mainframes is
> > going to think twice about the headaches of running a traditional
> > server farm of unix or linux boxes.  The simplicities of scaling up
> > processing power as needed and the ability to run thousands of
> > server images on a Z series with not much more effort than a handful
> > is going to eat Sun's lunch in its traditional, profitable
> > mid-high-end niche
> 
> The "simplicities" are only simple for those shops that already have
> big iron expertise on staff. For everyone else, simplicity is buying
> another box and adding it to the server farm.
> 

Quite true.  That's why I started out with companies large enough to
consider Z series mainframes, and of course I omitted to say staff with
expertise.  Most of the conversion stories I hear are companies that are
already running big iron for their accounting apps, etc., and who want
to maximize the already considerable investment in iron and staff.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area
if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the 
worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.