Article View: comp.soft-sys.sas
Article #31Re: Is mainframe an operating system or database server??
From: howard.brazee
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:44
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:44
23 lines
2230 bytes
2230 bytes
On 25 Oct 2005 07:14:35 -0700, "/*Dave" <rabidamerican@gmail.com> wrote: >A "Mainframe" is an architectural design and a generic term for the >"Large" systems that use the operating systems such as VM, and the MVS >derivatives(MVS, OS/390, z/OS). Certainly the Unisys folk disagree with this definition. I'm not sure that the IBM folk want to require that it use the MVS type operating systems. If we take their biggest mainframe, remove its OS, and replace the OS with Unix, do we now have a mini-computer? >Although the mainframes of today are barely larger than a commercial >refrigerator, the older systems had a very large footprint. > >It provides the utmost in reliablility, scalability, and securability. > >Just remember "It don't rust", "It don't bust", and "Won't collect >dust"... >/*DW Sounds like a definition made by the marketing department. How do they sell the product as IBM continues to push Unix?
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<5tgsl15h089mbrojs3b34dp5k8ijdh191t@4ax.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!bigboote.WPI.EDU!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.colorado.edu!not-for-mailReferences:
<1130221414.142218.3000@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1130224528.043804.92300@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1130242308.963873.40360@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1130249675.061902.315340@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Thread: 112edf,2e8ab942c71c66d4 X-Google-Thread: fd4af,2e8ab942c71c66d4 X-Google-Attributes: gid112edf,gidfd4af,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!bigboote.WPI.EDU!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.colorado.edu!not-for-mail From: howard.brazee@cusys.edu Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.sas,bit.listserv.ibm-main Subject: Re: Is mainframe an operating system or database server?? Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:44:14 -0600 Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 23 Message-ID: <5tgsl15h089mbrojs3b34dp5k8ijdh191t@4ax.com> References: <1130221414.142218.3000@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1130224528.043804.92300@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1130242308.963873.40360@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1130249675.061902.315340@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ums.cusys.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: peabody.colorado.edu 1130251455 17630 192.12.240.129 (25 Oct 2005 14:44:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@colorado.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 Oct 2005 14:44:15 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.1/32.783