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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/16/2020 3:07 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/16/2020 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.).
> 
> Yes, but my point is, servers are a niche today.

True.

The client market is much bigger than the server market.

Which is why servers need to use client hardware
technology to stay competitive.

Arne