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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/16/2020 12:47 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 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.

Dollars spent on servers.

> Blogs, versions of Candy Crush Saga or real work like banking,
> insurance and commerce.

If a service is able to generate revenue, then there is
money to pay for servers.

Market share stats do not distinguish between "real work"
and "non real work".

Arne