Re: Linux with IBM ?
Well, a couple of decades plus a bit.
AIX on POWER (original RIOS processors) was released in 1990 (26 years ago) and running before that in 1989.
Not that long ago, I found a binary compiled on AIX 3.2.5 (probably compiled on a 7013 model 530) which ran on AIX 5.3, and I don't see any reason why this particular binary would not work on AIX 7.2.
These systems are not members of the Linux only POWER family, according to the link to the brochure. They will run AIX and IBM i/OS as well as Linux.
And I think that you may find that some 360 mode programs no longer run on the latest zSeries, as they've slowly been retiring some of the older execution modes on the later mainframes. I think that everything 370XA mode or earlier will not run without being re-linked.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
