[geeks] Interesting read

[Julius Sridhar]

On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Joshua D Boyd wrote:

> > > > That, and you don't actually *need* z/VM to run z/Linux.  z/Linux will run
> > > > fine without VM.
> > >
> > > I knew that, but the last I heard it really was a waste to do so.  BTW, have
> > > you tried linux on your G5?
> >
> > Both natively in LPAR and under VM.  Works beautifully.  The main benefits
> > of VM with Linux are things like load management and backend access to
> > z/OS on the same machine.  Things like that.
>
> Yeah, but why run Linux on bare metal when it doesn't support hotswapping
> everything (or does it?)?

Because VM costs $10,000/year and Linux is free. 8-)

Peace...   Sridhar