LXer: Why Linux Developers Should Reconsider IBM Mainframes
by LXer from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4SAA2)
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One of the organizations keeping this technology with the times is IBM, with its IBM Z family of mainframe computers. Some of these mainframes-like the 31-bit s390 and, later, the 64-bit s390x architecture-were originally designed and built in the 1960s, and they have continued to evolve and modernize. With Linux, mainframes can run modern languages, toolings and CI/CD pipelines. If it runs on Linux, it can run on Z.
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One of the organizations keeping this technology with the times is IBM, with its IBM Z family of mainframe computers. Some of these mainframes-like the 31-bit s390 and, later, the 64-bit s390x architecture-were originally designed and built in the 1960s, and they have continued to evolve and modernize. With Linux, mainframes can run modern languages, toolings and CI/CD pipelines. If it runs on Linux, it can run on Z.
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