IBM launches Linux-only mainframe system
At the last user conference for some iSeries-based software that we run, IBM had a booth where they displayed a 2U server with dual 16-core Power7 CPUs. They bragged that it only ran Linux and would save us a ton of money. They started out at about $20,000 US.How small is this market? You'd have to have apps that were written to take advantage of Power7. Equivalent x86 Linux servers are 1/4 the price.