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LinuxONE 4 Express: How IBM's budget mainframe could be right for you
Moving your Linux workloads from a x86 server to this amazingly inexpensive mainframe can save 52% TCO over five years, IBM claims.
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Dear Santa, I've been a good man this year and I know it's rather early to write you a letter. This is to give you some time to save up for this magnificent piece of o̶v̶e̶r̶k̶i̶l̶l̶ equipment.
Joking aside, it looks pricey, but for the mentioned applications (like medical imaging) this is actually a cheap solution. And very safe also. I applaud IBM for using Linux as a starting point, which is a no-brainer for this kind of hardware. Nice article.
Agreed. Linux has been a no brainier for me since XP decided to show me just how stupid it could be.I gave it two chances and at screw up three,I slapped Linspire on top of it and that was that.