[geeks] Windows on a mainframe? Why???

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
>    Here's a link to an article on a company that plans to put Windows on
>    a IBM series Z mainframe and allow users to RDP to it, just like a
>    terminal server or remote desktop session:
>    http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/030409-microsoft-windows-mainfra
>    me.html
>    Really?

This would be S-L-O-W.  Slow and pointless.

Peace...  Sridhar