Re: COMMON, San Antonio, Linux Focus

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

this is just facinating.  When I was at linuxworld at Javitts last
Jan/Feb, IBM was telling the folks in the expo NOT to use linux on
iSeries, but to use zSeries instead....they didn't think the iSeries linux
implementation was good enough...

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On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 JOberholtzer@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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> what? whatz this???? tell us more? what are you saying here? little
> bombshells like this are awfully exciting!! :)
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> The major focus of the San Antonio COMMON Conference will be Linux, not
> necessarily on the iSeries, but in an iSeries centric shop.  Sessions are
> being set up so you can learn how to utilize Linux in the datacenter, as a
> stand alone on an xSeries, or as an LPAR on the iSeries or pSeries, to
> replace many of the functions relegated to an Microsoft server today.  This
> conference will still have all the iSeries stuff you have come to expect,
> but will also include a focus on the business proposition and technical
> issues with Linux in the enterprise.
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> Since we are just now starting to put together the map of sessions, (about
> 1/2 done) I would welcome topic suggestions (and speaker suggestions) for
> that conference.  Please send to me off line unless you think the group
> would benefit.  The speakers  do not have to be iSeries literate, just open
> minded enough to want to run Linux on the best server in the market for
> it....;-)    See the COMMON web site for more information.
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> Jim Oberholtzer
> Senior Solutions Architect
> Computech Resources, Inc.
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