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"Почтовая служба США перешла на использование Linux" Отправлено belkin, 15-Июл-09 13:32
Вот правильный комментарий: "Why don't these jokers get a big IBM z mainframe? A new z/10 wouldn't even blink with only 1,300 Linux sessions, under z/VM. And it's a Cobol system? Sheesh, Cobol was always king of the hill on the mainframe. Before the PC, there were more lines of Cobol code than any other language, by a large margin. And I'm sure it's still one of the most used, in production, languages on big iron today. Plus mainframe Cobol can use the CICS API. CICS was the original "client / server" system, and many people, like me, think it is still the best C/S system on the planet today. Recent studies have shown that a single z mainframe provides the same processing power as an entire "server farm", racks and racks of "PC based" servers. And it does it using about 10% of the power, 10% of the air conditioning, 10% of the "network infrastructure", and it IS CHEAPER, in the long run. This application sounds like a natural for a z, but I forgot, this is the .gov we're talking about." -------------------------------------