Re: Linux affinity ?

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

John,

In a message dated 98-08-11 21:31:54 EDT, you write:

> How many of you think it would benefit having  affinity between the AS/400
>  and Linux ?
>  Maybe as a supported client?     Maybe on the IPCS?
>  Would it give the AS/400 a   different   "Feel"  to the non-AS/400 crowd? 

Hmmm, hard to say.  This list runs on Linux, and one of the articles we've
been so kindly referred to lately even mentioned that Windoze has never been
as stable as either OS/2 _OR_ Linux.  In my experience, I've not seen Linux in
a business environment -- SCO seems to be the lowest common denominator.  This
_DOES_ raise an interesting question, however.  What if IBM were to introduce
a "roll your own" version of the IPCS?  They'd give you the card and the tools
to load it, but assume no responsibility over what happened because of what
you ran on it.  Heck, we could end up with the first viable AS/400 Java
applications written for the IPCS under Linux -- Internet folks made both
Linux _and_ Java popular, ya' know!  Interesting proposition...

Regards!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

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