Matt,<br>
First, I don't understand how a "technoronin" can have a boss :-)<br>
I only saw OS360 through Brook's Mythical Man Month; by the time I did
fortran on big iron it was VM/CMS. But if you have the hardware drawing
power already, then sure, cluster 'em :-) <br>
Peter<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/24/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Matt Lawrence</b> <<a href="mailto:matt@technoronin.com">matt@technoronin.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<span class="q">On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Peter St. John wrote:<br>
<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
MS isn't famous for new development (as scientists see "new development")<br>
but a few hundred engineers would not be such a big investment for them.<br>
<br>
I'd be more interested in a comparison of that many whatever, quad core<br>
xeon? running linux vs MS's running Cluster Server 2008. CP/M could be a<br>
pretty powerful OS if it ran on enough nodes :-) and of course I think of XP<br>
as CP/M v.99 (approximately) (although that isn't fair to VMS, the forebear<br>
of NT)<br>
</blockquote>
<br></span>
I'm sorely tempted to try to run a cluster of OS/360 systems just to
say it has been done. Should be pretty easy using Hercules/390.<br>
<br>
Since my boss reads this list, I'm not sure if he will be amused or appalled at the idea. probably both.<br>
<br>
-- Matt<br>
It's not what I know that counts.<br>
It's what I can remember in time to use.<div><span class="e" id="q_11abd86c9cd81d7e_2"><br>
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