Linux operating system for S/390s ,also ported to AS/400s?

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone on the list knows anything aboubt the AS/400 port
.
Dave

Earlier this year, IBM executives said it would make the open-source
operating system available on all of its server platforms,from its
Intel-based Netfinity servers to its S/390 servers.

Since December 1999, when IBM began offering free versions of the
open-source Linux operating system for its S/390s, more than 1,100 copies
have been downloaded.
"These folks are jumping on it as fast as they can," said Chris Rohrbach, an
IBM S/390 business executive. "In fact, some of them,many of them,are
beginning to adopt Linux for the S/390 in production workloads."
IBM has been allowing free downloads of the software from its Web site; the
company still has not figured out how to offer it as a salable product.
Here is how Linux on the S/390 works:
Once downloaded from IBM's Web site, Linux is set to operate on a hardware
partition on the S/390. Once set up, the Linux partition on the mainframe
can operate as its own server.
It can work as a Web server, perform some file-and-print functions or other
functions that run on a standard Linux server.

For some users, however, the idea of old-line, mainframe hardware running
new-line, free Linux, which is usually associated with Web development,
might seem contradictory.

Not so, said David Boyes, principal engineer at Dimension Technologies Inc.,
a Herndon, Va.-based consultant for service providers and large-scale IP and
data centers.
"There's a synergy that's going to be interesting to explore," said Boyes,
who has been involved in Linux-S/390 deployments.

"For the S/390, Linux brings cutting-edge applications," Boyes said. Much of
the development of Web-based, e-commerce focused solutions already is taking
place on Linux, he said.
For Linux, the operating system immediately gains one of the highest-scaling
hardware servers in technology, Boyes said. "Since the S/390 port of Linux
is real Linux, it immediately gives you a very large scale to deploy these
services."
For IBM, Linux has become the key to reinvigorating its high-end server
business.


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