IBM's zNextGen Kaiku

IBM has launched a contest to write haiku poetry about the refrigerator-sized, reliable but expensive System z line. A *GOSH* mainframe, of all things...

Van Landrum

The wind blows softly
Through the leaves of autumn. Wait,
That's just the mainframe

Frank Migacz

EBCDIC, ASCII
Which of the two is preferred?
Either way, convert

Jason Arnold

SCA, RB
IOB and TCB
Control blocks are fun

Aaron McMahan

Mainframe, desire
But not too much, or it will
Surely overheat