This is just a quick one. I've started a week of System Z training, to better understand this technology. I think System Z is a bigger deal than people imagine and there is a lot of our future that could benefit greatly by more people being aware of and taking advantage of this powerful computing technology.
On the one hand, I was aware that this is not for the squeamish. It's true that System Z can create a powerful computing environment that allows many people to simply do what they do without having to worry about everything that runs under the hood. However, to manage such a universe takes some willingness to get your hands dirty. It reminded me of some of my earliest days of computing, where one had to be so close to the moving parts to connect to networks and do anything besides simply run one application at a time.
Yes, there is a lot to successfully harnessing the power of a System Z environment, but it's not really beyond anyone who has a basic grounding in technology. Like anything worthwhile, it takes some focus, and some work... and
practice... but the rewards can be so great. Personally, I think open, highly mobile devices on the front end with plenty of Big Iron type of power on the back end is the shortest distance between here and Star Trek. There is still plenty of room for openness in such an environment... though I'm wrestling a little with my classmates on that one.
Today was pretty brain-filling though. Off to enjoy some amazing chili at Tolbert's with my parents. Then more brain stuffing tomorrow.
Fear not... more on blogging coming soon... just not enough brain for it right now.
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Chris Walden's thoughts and adventures as an open-source kind of guy. The ideas stated here are his own and don't necessarily represent the positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or its partners.
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