20 years of Linux on Big Iron
Summary
As Bill Zeitler, an IBMs senior vice president, later explained, "Weve recouped most of it in the first year in sales of software and systems." Irving Wladawsky-Berger, then IBMs Vice President of Technology and Strategy, explained to the skeptical stockholders that "if Linux were just another operating system, we wouldnt be all that high on it. Ross Mauri, IBM Zs General Manager, said, "Whats most exciting to me are the new Linux workloads were seeing on the platform. Ive talked with more healthcare and fintech startups in emerging industries like digital asset custody in the past three years than previously in my entire 40-plus IBM career." Instead of simply supporting old big iron jobs, the pairing of IBM and Z mainframes are finding new tasks for this powerful combination.
