“IBM Corp. said on Wednesday it would offer software and
services around Linux for its S/390 mainframe computer, the most
sophisticated machine to run the alternative operating system to
date.”
“The move was the latest in IBM’s strategy to make all of
its major computer product lines Linux-ready, brings together
ponytailed “open-source” programmers, who share and publish new
software developments, and the buttoned-down corporate world of
jealously guarded mainframe technology….”
“Linux on mainframes is not going to take the world by storm,”
said Floyer. “But it is becoming the de facto standard for Internet
communication. You need a single view of data across corporations
and between organizations so they can talk to each other to do
business-to-business (transactions).”