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| The LCDS gives developers access to mainframe Linux |
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IBM is now offering a free service, the Linux Community Development System (LCDS), that lets Linux developers access Linux running on an S/390 mainframe over the Internet and, therefore, provides the open-source community with a stable high-end platform to develop, port or test its applications. What's in it for IBM? Short-term, very little return on investment, except a bit of goodwill and community contribution. But long-term, IBM will gain significant ROI in the way of mindshare that IBM's Big Iron and Linux belong together, along with a long list of open-source apps that execute on the mainframe and outperform those on most other platforms.
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