5 Jul
2012
5 Jul
'12
3:35 p.m.
On 07/05/2012 04:07 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
Fortunately, though, modern z/OS machines aren't difficult to find.
They pop up on eBay all the time, usually at quite reasonable prices.
Just don't get caught running that torrented copy of the OS. ;)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
technology.
Many people just don't need a "Personal Computer". The PC
form factor isn't going away soon, any more than the mainframe has,
because it's the right tool for some people, e.g. the knowledge worker.
The downside, however, is that PCs will be harder to get and purchase, and
boutique non-x86 PCs will all but disappear.
My IBM server cost me north of $10k, and IBM wouldn't even sell it to me (I
bought it through a reseller). I would shudder to purchase a modern zOS
machine, and I fear something similar will happen to the classic
microcomputer.