Hi,

currently only OS/390 (BS2000 or whatever) will run as native OS, 
unixes will run in logical partitions. I think the ix (a german computer 
magazine) will have a report of one S/390 replacing some dozend 
Sun enterprise servers (thay had a report of a E10K the replacing 
70 NT servers). In that class you count the USD for mips per hour. 
All I know is that it has a good watt per mips and heat per mips 
ratio, so if you need the processing power of such a system the 
S/390 needs less electricity and pruduces less heat and less space 
than a computing environment with the same processing power. The 
S/390 has also real good HAV features. I think it is less important 
that the OS is free, but that it is portable and its sources are 
available.

mike


On 6 Apr 2001, at 8:37, wojtek@wojtek.3miasto.net wrote:

> few questions?
> how much milions USD you need to pay per mips of processing power ?
> how much electricity does it use ? who would use that? if someone is
> so crazy to pay millions for computer surely is not interested to get
> free OS
> 
>