Check out our newly released ‘State of the Mainframe’ report
We are excited to release our first ever ‘State of the Mainframe’ report. This report, which came from our first survey of mainframe users conducted in the second half of...
John Mertic
Announcing the 2018 Open Mainframe Project Summer Interns!
Growth of students interested in open source on mainframe has been impressive to say the least – each summer we’ve had more than a 100% increase in applicants for the...
ClefOS is now an Official Docker Image
Editor’s Note: This blog post comes from Neale Ferguson of Open Mainframe Project member organization Sine Nomine Associates. He shared with the technical community that ClefOS, which is a Linux distribution...
Data Center Knowledge | Why Mainframes Aren’t Going Away Any Time Soon
IBM’s former systems and technology CTO Len Santalucia explains when it makes sense to buy a mainframe and what the advantages are. Read more at http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/hardware/why-mainframes-arent-going-away-any-time-soon
Blockchain Hackathon: Unleashing the creativity at LinuxONE scale
Editor’s Note: This post comes from Anna Shugol, Blockchain IT specialist and zChampion from IBM Montpellier Client Center. Last fall, she lead a Blockchain hackathon where students used mainframe for building...
Make mainframe support a new year’s resolution for your open source project for 2018!
Mainframes make an impact on each of us every day – whether we get paid, take a plane, use a bank, or even shop in a store. Increasingly open source...
Want to hack on mainframe next summer? Our Summer 2018 Internship Program is now accepting applications!
Updated 2018/01/14 with link to new community topic on project ideas. Mainframe skills are in high demand, with the 10 top insurers, 44 of the top 50 banks, 18 of the...
DZone | Inside the Open Mainframe Project
The Open Mainframe Project advocates for Linux adoption in the mainframe computing environment and aims to make the mainframe “visible to the world.” Read more at https://dzone.com/articles/inside-the-open-mainframe-project
Linux Foundation Blog | Finding the Mainframers of the Future Through Open Source Ecosystem Development
Open Mainframe Project Director John Mertic talks about how it’s summer internship program has impacted students globally as they set off in their careers. Read more at https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/finding-the-mainframers-of-the-future-through-open-source-ecosystem-development/
Open Mainframe Project taking part in a VCU Capstone Project to build a Linux Service Broker
Bringing more students to innovate on the mainframe with Linux and open source has been the hallmark of the Open Mainframe Project, with 15 students participating in our internship programs...
