Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Thanks Robert but I have two questions on your post.

First why do you call it as "redundant internal engineering"? The meaning of which is "not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous". So you want to say mainframe itself is based on redundant engineering??

Second, you yourself said "mainframe ...

Thanks for sparing me William...

1. Good vs. well

These words are not interchangeable.
Incorrect: He did good.
Correct: He did well.

Incorrect: She sings good.
Correct: She sings well.

Incorrect: She speaks English good.
Correct: She speaks good English.
Correct: She speaks English well.

Good is an adjective. It goes before a ...

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When we talk about data-centres and serves the context of server becomes clear but someone from open-system world asks the question what is mainframe compared to a server what answer can be given...this is where I am coming from.

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I'm new to mainframes but more I read about it, more or less it sounds like a Server but if it is a server, why it is called mainframes? Can you please your thoughts on this?