RE: The Linux Hole

["Doug Hart" <doughart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Simon, you may have said what I was think the best.

> "Using to any version of WinDOS to manage an AS/400 is ridiculous -- why
> would I choose the world's least reliable OS to manage to world's most
> reliable?  Duh!"
>
>
> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.

 I started this thread not just to complain that OpsNav would not run on a
Linux desktop.  But to start the conversation of Windows -vs- Linux for
support of our iSeries systems.  Microsoft's dominance on the desktop makes
it an assumed standard.  But IBM is driving Linux with LPAR as a direction,
their marketing is pushing us to this path.  A lot of press lately has
covered the general business reasons to consider Linux corporate wide.  Is
the question, should IBM support Linux on the desktop with it's tools or
should we be going headlong to get Linux on our iSeries?  I understand that
outside the U.S. Linux installs on iSeries are going strong. Since most
iSeries sales are now outside the U.S. this must be IBM's position.  I hate
Windows, I don't know enough about Linux to comment, but I do know this.
The best technology is not always the winner.  I ran an Amiga for 10 years,
long past it's death.  These points do not bring us to an answer.  It may
show my frustration with the industry.  Microsoft has proven incapable of
producing business capable OS.  With its resources (both $$$ and talent) MS
has not advanced computing as it should have.  IBM, the other 500 pound
gorilla needs to.  Is an open source OS really what I want my business to
run on?

Back to Simon's statement "...to manage to world's most reliable".  With the
current state of processor technology could we not have a perfect world?
Lets run OS/400 with and X-Windows GUI front end on our desktops.  Must the
iSeries be a 'Do All' platform (PASE, Linux, ...) or simply the BEST
(OS/400)?


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Douglas Hart - Sr. Consultant
Certified IBM iSeries System Administrator
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