A survey commissioned by CA reports that Linux use on the mainframe will continue to grow. "The study surveyed 100 IT executives and managers at companies with at least $2 billion in annual revenue about their use of the Linux operating system on IBM mainframes. 93% of respondents projected that their use of IBM's IFL (Integrated Facility for Linux) specialty mainframe processor would increase or at least remain steady over the course of the next two years. 42% projected that their use of the IFL would grow between 21% and 40%, and 10% projected that it would grow more than 76%. The two main reasons cited by respondents for this increased use of Linux on the mainframe were 1) the desire to take advantage of computing capacity available on their mainframe's central processors and/or IFLs, and 2) their assessment that using Linux on the mainframe would be more cost-effective than other platforms."

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