Yes but why did Hitachi Data Systems Ltd choose the name Osiris for its new mainframe Unix combination (see front): in the clearest indication possible that it regards the MVS mainframe as doomed, it has produced a colourful flyer that explains that Osiris was an ancient Egyptian king who after painful adventures became a god, and chose to act as an intermediary between the living and the dead, looking after the souls of the departed and giving the living the hope of eternal happiness in the other world; In providing a quality solution which integrates open systems with existing System 370 and 390 environments, the company says, HDS provides the best of both worlds (the living and the dead, that is).
