10 Apr
2013
10 Apr
'13
2:13 a.m.
but IBM has
spent 50+ years making a single architecture with the total
package of reliability, scalability and pedigree. It's simply
an easier call for gigantic enterprise operations to buy a
total package that has it all than try to, say, make Linux be
fault-tolerant enough to run a whole international bank. Some
banks do it, but plenty of others don't, and it doesn't take
much to sustain an industry that runs on that much margin.
I'm not going to argue any of the points in this thread because I know
little about the technologies (apart from what I've gleaned here) but I'm
sure you've all seen these rather amusing ads from IBM. I guess they
relate to this conversation.
http://youtu.be/Kbn_MUfTG0E (The Invasion - IBM Virtualization Engine)
http://youtu.be/rmxPfZtV6w0 (who stole our servers)
http://youtu.be/73bMSNPc3Ak (IBM e-server commercial)
Terry (Tez)