Our new mainframe will be a Linux boxen. I hope my JCL runs on it.
As long as DistroWatch exists Linux will continue to be a Back Room / Infrastructure tool and a Hobbyist desktop.
Nothing wrong with that of course.
We run z/OS with zLinux guest images. The JCL runs on z/OS and the zLinux guests run apache and WebSphere, etc.
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/jcl/jcl_environment_setup.htm
You will want to check out Hercules http://www.hercules-390.eu/
As long as DistroWatch exists Linux will continue to be a Back Room / Infrastructure tool and a Hobbyist desktop.
Nothing wrong with that of course.