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IBM is expanding software support for its mainframe server technology.
IBM Offers Windows on Mainframes For The First Time : Read more
IBM Offers Windows on Mainframes For The First Time : Read more
Millions of dollars, that's a pretty big implicationThe company said that the cost savings can amount to "up to 70 percent" over traditional distributed platforms.
Mainframes need to go away, they've outlived their usefulness. There are plenty of other ways to have security and 100% uptime without having to deal with odd hardware and bizarre operating systems.
What makes this stranger is Windows integration. Windows is not synonymous with mission-critical or secure, Meanwhile, businesses will continue to flock en masse to Linux for mission-critical applications.