The second one immediately lowers the TCO for obvious licensing reasons
How true is that though? They'd still have software licensing, they still need an OS to run on Hercules after all.
How true is that though? They'd still have software licensing, they still need an OS to run on Hercules after all.
Linux sysadmins were cheaper than their mainframe colleagues.
Hw was orders of magnitude cheaper.
Floor occupancy was lower.
We did not got as far as watts consumed per functional task performed but I doubt it would have tilted the balance?
You're obviously right for licensing inside the emulator! However, the costs are(were?) in hardware & floor occupancy (as in "decomission a whole room"-cheaper)