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Linux replaces Microsoft at Air New Zealand | |
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| Time: 11:46 EST/16:46 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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Air New Zealand moves from Windows NT servers to IBM mainframes running Linux. As more Linux geeks climb the corporate ladder, could the trend be about to take off? Air New Zealand is replacing 150 Compaq NT servers with two IBM mainframes running Linux, saving the company a potential NZ$600,000 (£180,000) in licence fees alone, according to a report in The New Zealand Herald. The company will then be in a position to replace 4000 Microsoft Exchange clients with Bynari, an open-source email application. The IBM Z800 mainframes will run Linux, Websphere Application Server, DB2 database and Tivoli software. | ||
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| #1 By 7754 (216.160.8.41) at 8/14/2002 1:06:46 PM |
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Wow... if they can move every application and service from 150 servers to essentially 1 live and 1 backup server, more power to 'em! Hopefully someone will follow and report this more closely to get more detail on how exactly everything is being moved, how the applications change, how many of the old Compaqs they'll keep behind (if any), etc.
Wonder if they ever considered Datacenter on a Unisys box? |
| #2 By 20 (24.243.41.64) at 8/14/2002 1:18:07 PM |
| And, of course, ZDNet is there to report it and exploit it while ignoring all the people converting from Unix to Win2K Datacenter. |
| #3 By 61 (65.32.170.1) at 8/14/2002 3:10:49 PM |
| So, they are dumping all there systems, which worked fine, so they can pay out the rear end for a mainframe? |
| #4 By 3653 (63.162.177.140) at 8/14/2002 3:15:40 PM |
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Of course, the cost estimates go something like this...
We use 150 NT servers now. If we went to Win2K or .Net server... I guess we would need another 150 servers. Or we could go to 2 Linux servers. |
| #5 By 20 (24.243.41.64) at 8/14/2002 4:30:42 PM |
| The sad part is, if Linux horribly fails in this configuration, ZDNet would never report it, so we'll never know how well or poorly it went. |
| #6 By 8062 (206.72.66.205) at 8/14/2002 6:15:34 PM |
| When is Air NZ filing for bankrupcy? |
| #7 By 3653 (63.162.177.140) at 8/14/2002 6:57:49 PM |
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<sarcasm>We, Americans, have no idea what a left-wing government feels like. Oh, unless you count that moderate, new-age Democrat Bill Clinton.</sarcasm>
Please don't start sodablue... |
| #8 By 415 (68.54.10.120) at 8/15/2002 1:40:56 AM |
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It's obvious they're idiots if they have 150 Compaq NT servers... so screw 'em!
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