[lug] CSU hub for IBM mainframe running thousands of Linux VMs

[J. Wayde Allen]

On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Sean Reifschneider wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 02:11:43PM -0600, Neal McBurnett wrote:
> > IBM will provide Colorado State's College of Business students and
> > faculty with the use of a powerful mainframe. The unique capabilities
> 
> Yeah, but the *BUSINESS SCHOOL*?!?  I didn't realize that business students
> were great adopters of Linux technology...  "What do you mean we've all got
> a dedicated computer but we can't run Office 2000 on them?"  Is this a ploy
> to get the CS geeks to take more accounting classes?  ;-)

This is one of those marketing strategies for Linux that I think just
might work.  It provides a demo project of how Linux can function in the
business community.  This is after all, the biggest slice of the compter
market.  Linux has a reputation of being only useful for the research lab,
programmer, or CS geek.  This just might help prove this stereotype wrong.

> Hopefully, the public education system is better a solid decade later...

Nope, Apple hardware is still solidly entrenched there as far as I can
tell.

- Wayde
  (wallen at lug.boulder.co.us)