> >>And now again in the corporate market, IBM is changing the rules > of the game by placing all the horsepower on servers that deliver > virtualized Ubuntu to corporate deskops. > > Ha Ha, sounds like the old mainframe-centric model and TSO terminals. > > The more things change, the more they remain the same.
No, the circle is completed. After having been troubled by the negative effects of the client server model users might be tempted to opt for the "god old stuff" that has proven to work much better. :-) - especially when you consider all the improvements in technology and TCO (Total Cost of Operations) that the mainframe platform has been offering lately.
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On Dec 05 10:57 AM User 197175 wrote:
> >>And now again in the corporate market, IBM is changing the rules
> of the game by placing all the horsepower on servers that deliver
> virtualized Ubuntu to corporate deskops.
>
> Ha Ha, sounds like the old mainframe-centric model and TSO terminals.
>
> The more things change, the more they remain the same.
No, the circle is completed. After having been troubled by the negative effects of the client server model users might be tempted to opt for the "god old stuff" that has proven to work much better. :-) - especially when you consider all the improvements in technology and TCO (Total Cost of Operations) that the mainframe platform has been offering lately.