Re: Linux affinity ?

["Jack Mullins" <jmullins@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That is a very good point.  The GUI is what users want, most users don't
care about the OS as long as their screen looks and feels sharp.  As far as
stability goes, Unix has an excellent GUI system called Xwindows which is as
stable as the system it is running on.  I have worked in Unix shops where
all of the users use Xterminals and Unix workstations and they are content
because everything works well and looks good to boot.  Most of them couldn't
tell you whether they are using PCs or not.

Jack Mullins
Sun Industries, Inc.
P.O. Box 2026
Jonesboro, AR 72402
http://www.sundash.com
jmullins@sundash.com
jmullins@hurtcompanies.com

>Doesn't the 400 already have a subset of unix commands?
>
>If putting a different feel is the goal, I think the thing needed the
>most is to put a true, native gui on it, without sacrificing
>stability.
>
>I personally can live without it, but that, more than anything else
>would help the platform, however it is done, whether it's java, linux
>or whatever.
>
>John Carr wrote:
>>
>> Question
>>
>> 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?
>>


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