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@leftpaddotpy "the #cloud" is a #mainframe for folks who don't have a sales rep / account manager at #IBM!
"#CloudNative" is just a short for "I can't be assed to make #reproduceable #standalone code and make tarballs!"
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"This could definitely make for a fun weekend project to mess around with."
That's what @thomholwerda of @osnews wrote this week when he shared details of our latest IBM LinuxONE and Linux on IBM Z open source software report, and went on to highlight the IBM #LinuxONE Community Cloud!
https://www.osnews.com/story/142178/linux-on-ibm-z-and-linuxone-open-source-software-report/
Well, the weekend is coming up 
#mainframe
www.osnews.comLinux on IBM Z and LinuxONE open source software report – OSnews
I dug into the technical Redbooks and scoured our image library to bring you lots of goodies around the new IBM z17 announced this month!
https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2025/04/23/a-tour-inside-the-ibm-z17 #mainframe #IBMZ
And as always, if there's a card or close-up you wish to see, don't hesitate to ask, I'll see what I can find.
community.ibm.com · A tour inside the IBM z17
IBMs z17: Neue Mainframegeneration auch für KI-Workloads
Mainframes gelten allgemein als nicht besonders KI-fähig. Mit dem neuen z17 will IBM den Gegenbeweis antreten.
heise online · IBMs z17: Neue Mainframegeneration auch für KI-Workloads
ASCII to Mainframe - IBM mainframes are known for very unusual terminals. But IBM made many different t... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/ascii-to-mainframe/ #retrocomputing #mainframe #ibm
Hackaday · ASCII To MainframeIBM mainframes are known for very unusual terminals. But IBM made many different things, including the IBM 3151 ASCII terminal, which uses a cartridge to emulate a VT220 terminal. [Norbert Keher] h…
Tracing back #programming language history to the root of the very first (mnemonic) #GOTO instruction (jump/branch) I found two different sources:
1. In 1954 Nathanael Rochester developed the "first" mnemonic #assembler for the #IBM 701 #mainframe computer that uses "TR" jump commands: https://shrtn.escalar.pt/ZuE5
2. In 1947 the "manual" for the #Whirlwind computer contained the "sp x" mnemonic: https://shrtn.escalar.pt/FdYC
So, which one was actually the "first" to use mnemonics for branching?
Use an MVS system by emulating a #Mainframe on #raspberrypi computer board. Full tutorial with the simplest exercise: creating your first data set! #linux https://peppe8o.com/emulating-mvs-mainframe-on-raspberry-pi/
Random Old Comic: Computer Virus https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2018/05/17/computer-virus/ Computer Virus #Alpine #Bazooka #Beachhead #GIJoe #Mainframe
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@Sheep_Overboard I am going to have to object. I work for mainframes, and our host code is 98% COBOL, it's very fast and reliable. A lot faster than Java, C, C++ etc. According to a 2022 study there are 800 billion lines of COBOL in use on a regular basis. I admit, I write z/OS assembler, and am a bit biased, but COBOL is still incredibly popular.
"According to surveys by Micro Focus (2022), around 800 billion lines of COBOL code are used in production every day."
The origin and unexpected evolution of the word "mainframe"
#computers #retrocomputing #mainframe #hardware
https://www.righto.com/2025/02/origin-of-mainframe-term.html
www.righto.comThe origin and unexpected evolution of the word "mainframe"What is the origin of the word "mainframe", referring to a large, complex computer? Most sources agree that the term is related to the frame...
Last year I gave a keynote at Vanguard VSC about the last 10 years of mainframe hacking, check it out:
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How the Main Frame Became the Mainframe: an Etymological Dissertation - In his most recent article, [Ken Shirriff] takes a break from putting ASICs under ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/how-the-main-frame-became-the-mainframe-an-etymological-dissertation/ #retrocomputing #etymology #mainframe #history
Hackaday · How The Main Frame Became The Mainframe: An Etymological DissertationIn his most recent article, [Ken Shirriff] takes a break from putting ASICs under a microscope, and instead does the same in a proverbial manner with the word ‘mainframe’. Although thes…
Retro Big Iron for You - Many of us used “big iron” back in the day. Computers like the IBM S/360 or 3090 a... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/08/retro-big-iron-for-you/ #retrocomputing #mainframe #ibm
Hackaday · Retro Big Iron For YouMany of us used “big iron” back in the day. Computers like the IBM S/360 or 3090 are hard to find, transport, and operate, so you don’t see many retrocomputer enthusiasts with an …
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My first "home computer" was a #Commodore64 . My parents couldn't afford such a "toy." I had to buy it myself with the money I had saved from my newspaper route and babysitting. Ditto for my first gaming system, the coveted #Atari2600 .
I still have the #Atari and all the games I got, but all I have left from the #C64 is the tape drive unit and a few tapes. I don't recall what happened to the keyboard-processor part.
The Commodore always took at least 20 minutes to read the cassette tape and load my favorite game, "Ice Caverns." I was also using it to write my own text-based game, in the #BASIC computer programming language I was being taught in school. (I never finished that game to be functional; I couldn't fix the randomization issue.)
The school computer was a #DOS-based #mainframe system.
Yes, kids... I am THAT old. 
Mistodon: @pixelblip has drawn this #BBCMicro animation of a #mainframe computer suite (and its 9-track vacuum column magnetic tape drives!) from the flexible #IBMSystem360 family of machines, sold for a bit over a decade starting in 1965. This piece was included in the MIST1121 artpack collection.
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@carlwgeorge @vermaden @samurro @tara Well, that confirms you went #ReplyGuy on me in the most disingenious way possible, wasting everyones' time and patience in the process.
- Gues what: Good luck with that sales.pitch, cuz I'd rather give @ubuntu or @opensuse my money cuz that nonchalant attitude is insulting.
If you (or #RedHat / #IBM) don't want to support #OpenSource or anyone using anything they made for #RHEL without paying, then shure you can do that but then don't expect people to like you.
- #grsec already did that and I'm shure it resulted in 0 extra customers.
#CentOS was in fact a "gateway distro" and had Red Hat not axed it I would've convinced my (fmr.) boss to consider paying for an RHCSA, but alas I've invested time and effort migrating from CentOS to #UbuntuLTS and even negotiated commercial support from #Canonical instead, because they were more friendly and welcoming.
- Personally, I think that Red Hat should just be honest and just stop any #Linux contributions, instead try to upsell their customers to #zOS on z/Architecture #Mainframe|s instead cuz that was such a great business...
Even "Source Available" like #Tarsnap is better - espechally in #finance - because having actual #SourceCode available is a matter of #trust.
- And #transparency is the reason people choose #Linux over #Solaris and other #Unix-esque OSes.
But I'm not getting paid to prevent Red Hat from continuing to shoot itself in the foot...
- In fact, I'd love to short it into the ground!
Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)@carlwgeorge@fosstodon.org @vermaden@bsd.cafe @samurro@fosstodon.org @tara@bsd.cafe TBH, I know that #RHEL and #SLES can be obtained for free as a #developer - it's just that prior to #RedHat pulling the plug #CentOS was basically the *non-"Pro"* Option that was identical minus commercial support options...
I personally I stick with #UbuntuLTS because #Canonical isn't in the position to pull the same without suiciding themselves as a company, and that their approach is way more friendly to me...
- Not even talking about the costs of licensing commercial support, which they also offer cheaper abeit they - unlike Red Hat and #SUSE - don't have entrenched themselves to the same degree, but if a small business in facing €80k (RHEL) vs. €40k (SUSE) vs. €10k (Ubuntu Pro & Canonical Landscape) they'll likely look at the cheapest option first because the price difference can pay for an entire Sysadmin...