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Deutsche Bahn dumps Intel, pumps SUSE onto IBM mainframe (Register)

[Posted March 31, 2005 by cook]

The Register reports on a conversion to mainframe-based SUSE Linux by Deutsche Bahn. "Deutsche Bahn, Europe's biggest railway, is junking 300 Intel servers in favour of an IBM mainframe. But its OS of choice, SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server, has profited from the cull and will run business-critical apps such as Lotus Notes on the new IBM eServer zSeries 990 mainframe."

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Energy savings

Posted Apr 1, 2005 0:24 UTC (Fri) by Junior_Samples (guest, #26737) [Link]

This makes good sense from an energy savings perspective alone.

Using Linux to consolidate resources is sure to please the greens -- both the environmentalists, and those who treasure the greenback dollar.