CheeseMan42 Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 IBM has announced a partnership with Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, that will create a new Linux powered mainframe known as LinuxONE. As part of the effort IBM is planning to use a monthly subscription model to help "drive mainframe usage to a wider audience" while also seeking "deeper involvement with other open source projects" and "contributing a huge cache of mainframe code to open source and participating in the newly launched Open Mainframe Project." Two systems named after Penguins will be available, Emperor for large customers and Rockhopper for entry level users. Principal analyst at Pund-IT Charles King described the partnership stating, "It should help IBM by opening doors in customers where Canonical is particularly strong. But Canonical is likely to benefit even more through exposure to the large enterprises that make up IBM’s traditional mainframe customer base." Source: Tech Crunch Back to original news post Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Hahahahaha. IBM is a ship without a rudder at this point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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