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``Among the features of Longhorn Server will be support for Indigo, Microsoft's new Web services architecture, as well as improved manageability and support for dynamic partitioning and other features designed to enable Windows "mainframes," said Bob Muglia, the senior vice president in charge of Windows Server development.''

At least, mainframes are FAMOUS for their robustness and what is known as RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) and they have been proven time and again that they fit the bill.

On the other hand, ms-windows are NOTORIOUS for ANYTHING BUT RAS.

I suspect that longhorn or shortstick, or whatever their name is going to be in ... 2007 (more like 2009) will have the clumsiness of mainframes but none of their desirable RAS features.

It is ironic that MS is using the term 'mainframes' now. Is it sensing that the extinction of its platform is approaching?

-m
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On MS Mainframes and other Monsterpieces ...  michael-t | 05/12/04
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and....  JoeMama_z | 05/12/04
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