RE: IBM & Redhat

Soon? It does now...just not in the US. In Japan, Linux for the PS2 has been
available for quite a while!

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From: Alistair Rooney [mailto:AlistairR@tbsa.co.za]
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 4:03 AM
To: midrange-nontech@midrange.com
Subject: RE: IBM & Redhat


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Completely off topic now, but equally interesting IMHO! Sony PlayStation
2 will run Linux some time in the future. Here we have a 128b machine
running a 32b kernel.

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2712751,00.html

All I know is that your Gnome or KDE will look great!

Alistair

-----Original Message-----
From: McCallion, Martin [mailto:martin.mccallion@misys.com]
Sent: 28 November 2001 11:30
To: 'midrange-nontech@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: IBM & Redhat


jt wrote:

> "* zSeries mainframes (64 bit kernel); -- iSeries integrated
> servers for
> small and medium business
>  * (32 bit kernel); -- pSeries UNIX servers (32 bit kernel);
> and -- xSeries
> Intel-based server (32 and 64 bit kernel)."
>
> That borders on libelous...;-)  <-- Just KIDDING...!

Another interpretation of the article, rather than that the writer
didn't know about the 64-bit technology of the iSeries, is that RedHat
have only built a 32-bit kernel for the iSeries.  This doesn't rule out
the possibility that a 64-bit version could come in the future.

IIRC AIX software running in PASE (or on an RS/6000Series for that
matter) is 32-bit.  So this may be a similar limitation.

Cheers,

Martin.

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