in 121708 20090720 072858 Frank Buss <f...@frank-buss.de> wrote: >Bob Martin wrote: > >> I think the OP means "major PC operating systems". Those with a wider >> knowledge of the computer world would consider IBM's mainframe operating >> systems to be deserving of the description "major". > >Maybe you are right, if you mean big machines. I know mainframes a bit and >there are interesting concepts, like hot-swapping of CPU modules and >mainframes are very reliable. But expensive, too. I know at least one >client, who wants to change it to some cheap Linux boxes, like Google >demonstrates it. If you take care (e.g. Xen virtualization for easier >computer changing and RAID harddisks, if a downtime of some hours might be >ok), it doesn't matter if one PC goes out of order. > >But even on IBM mainframes you can install Linux or other Unix systems in >parallel to the usual operating systems for this machines, so except for >special cases, like embedded systems, the most installed and used operating >systems might be Unix-like systems and Windows. But looks like Python even >runs on more native operating systems for mainframes.
Yes, a "platform" is really the combination of hardware architecture and operating system, so Linux on Intel and Linux on 390 are different platforms. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
