Re: scope of list

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi James,

More along the lines of "what issues do I, the RPG/COBOL/Java400 programmer,
come up against as I am developing applications in and around the IBM i".
 So this is more along the lines of applications vs. a discussion of
distros, though some people might wonder which distro would be best to start
out with.  To them I would say Ubuntu - www.ubuntu.com - because it seems to
be the most user friendly for noobs like myself.

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com


On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:48 PM, James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm curious about the scope of this list.  Is it intended to discuss linux
> distributions and make a recommendation or only discuss applications that
> could be installed on any distribution?  I hope it is the latter as I
> think a particular distribution is very much a personal or company
> decision whereas a group of applications necessary for system i
> development is likely going to be common for everyone.
>
> And since I haven't seen any messages in the archives... first post? ;)
>
> James Rich
>
> if you want to understand why that is, there are many good books on
> the design of operating systems. please pass them along to redmond
> when you're done reading them :)
>        - Paul Davis on ardour-dev
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