Re: From the Comdex Rumor Department...

[bdietz@xxxxxx]

We are assuming that the port is to the native hardware.  What if they are
talking about the IPCS.  I would
think that would be a more natural fit.

Bryan Dietz
3X Corp.





"Roger Pence" <rp@rogerpence.com> on 11/20/98 03:42:37 PM

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>Actually, if you port Linux over to the 400's hardware, you get Linux
>running on a PowerPC chip... which already exists.
Doesn't that make Linux on the AS/400 the answer to the question no one
asked? Who would want to pay premium AS/400 memory and DASD prices (which
are certainly more competitive that ever, but still not the commodity box
market) to run as a Linux server? what does it get you? That a nicely
configured Dell PowerEdge doesn't?
And, for that matter, doesn't Apache stand on the same ground? Where does
Apache fit as an AS/400 Web server?
Don't read a bigoted tone one way or another here, I'm really trying to
figure this stuff out.
rp




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