[Info-vax] CentOS has been effectively killed for production use

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/16/20 10:27 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 12/16/2020 9:53 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 12/16/2020 9:20 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 12/16/2020 6:34 AM, IanD wrote:
>>>> They are even embarking upon mainframe training programs, such is the
>>>> renewed focus on the mainframe for the areas where it excels. It's
>>>> certainly not being treated as a dinosaur
>>>
>>> IBM mainframe is a niche today.
>>>
>>> But it is certainly a much bigger niche than the VMS niche.
>>
>> All computing today is a niche, when compared to tablets, smart 
>> phones, and whatever else comes along.
> 
> I was just considering server. Today that is 90-95% x86-64 and
> 5-10% non-x86-64 (mainframe, Power, Sparc, ARM etc.).
> 

And that depends very much on what you are actually counting.
Blogs, versions of Candy Crush Saga or real work like banking,
insurance and commerce.  While the number of PC's in a Bank
greatly outnumbers the number of Mainframe Server Boxes the PC's
are really nothing but replacements for the 3270 terminals
they used to have and all the real work is done on the Big
Blue Box.

bill