20 Feb
2012
20 Feb
'12
4 a.m.
As for the "ClearPath" response, I can only
say that in all my years at IT
functions, I have never seen a product or service referring to such a
machine as a mainframe.
Well, don't tell Unisys that.
?I think in contemporary IT, it would be denoted as
a "ClearPath Server", so as to avoid confusing folks who do indeed expect
"mainframe" to be a 370-based machine (unless the ClearPath runs 370
assembler as well, but with it's Burroughs heritage, I would assume not).
Clearpath Libra runs the Burroughs architecture, and Clearpath Dorado
runs the Univac architecture. Both are still in production, albeit in
tiny numbers.
--
Will