OpenSolaris follows Linux to the mainframe

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Nov 30, 2007 8:08 AM EDT
ZDNet Asia; By Stephen Shankland
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Free-wheeling Linux was an improbable enough operating system to be used on IBM's mainframe line, but now an even more unlikely operating system is making an appearance there: Sun Microsystems' Solaris. Sun and IBM have been arch-enemies for decades, but through the combination of open-source flexibility and something of a detente between the companies, the operating system has arrived.

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