Nasa Shutdown last Mainframe End of Mainframe Era at NASA

15 February 2012

Nasa Shutdown last Mainframe End of Mainframe Era at NASA

Nasa Shutdown last Mainframe End of Mainframe Era at NASA

NASA has shut down its last mainframe

Saturday Linda Cureton wrote or posted on her NASA blog that
This month marks the end of an era in NASA computing. Marshall Space Flight Centre powered down NASA's last mainframe, the IBM Z9 Mainframe,"

Nearly all mainframes have the ability to run (or host) multiple operating systems, and thereby operate as a host of a collective of virtual machines.

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http://blogs.nasa.gov

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9 comments:

dopdavid, February 15, 2012: noo they will be missed
Omnislash, February 15, 2012: Mainframes run the world!
virendra sharma, February 15, 2012: MAIN FRAMES RUN THE WORLD?iN THEIR ABSENCE ?
Rahul Bhatia, February 15, 2012: The life cycle of each product :)
SM, February 15, 2012: dopdavid,thanks.
Omnislash,thanks.
veerubhai, thanks.
Rahul Bhatia, thanks.
Currently many other big companies are usign Mainframes.
Destination Infinity, February 15, 2012: Guess what, many major IT services companies employ 'software professionals' to work on this outdated technology. And our people are proud to call themselves as 'mainframe maintenance experts!'

Destination Infinity
sm, February 16, 2012: @Destination Infinity

thanks.
ra, February 20, 2012: i have been hearing a lot among IT professionals that the end of mainframes is near .. i guess they were right in some sense .. i could now see the beginning of the end!!!
sm, February 20, 2012: @rahul aggarwal

thanks.Yes its the beginning of the end of mainframe era.