Re: LINUX is the "one" ? .... Comments??? -- MIDRANGE-L


Ken,

I'm VERY hard pressed to argue with this.  I think that the 2-years is a
bit agressive, but CLEARLY this is what it appears is happening...and in
the words of one of our fellow OS/400 bigots, I think it SUCKS!  I can't
begin to list how much of pain in the a.. unix is over the nice stuff we
have in os/400...  BTW, anyone have any idea what's happening with the
Caldera vs. IBM suit?  Not heard anything on that in a while...

Now, the bigger question you need to be asking him is who the heck is
going to be writing the applications for linux....at the last linuxworld
this past winter in NYC, there just weren't ALOT of what I would call core
business applications.   LAST YEAR'S linux world was almost a developers
conference...this one actually had a good start for showing applications
BEGINNING to come out of the woodwork, but frankly, I think that linux is
now where Windows was 2-5 years ago...so, maybe in 2-3 years we'll see
some serious applications showup in the marketplace...:)

In the next 2 years you'll see a total hardware consolidation that will
have i,p & z running on the same hardware from plug to platter...  The "l"
in AIX 5L stands for linux, btw...

The next questions you need to be asking are regarding the database.  How
will IBM be marketing DB2...especially since Larry Ellison is the big 800
pound gorilla on the block with Oracle...  And, will IBM ever unpackage
DB2 from the current os/400 package and start charging for it as a
seperate option as they do the database engines on all their other
boxes...:)

Want to think some more?  Wait until I come out with the "State of the
Midrange" this fall....:)  Then, get ready to go back to school...

 Don in DC

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 On Tue, 1 Apr
2003, Graap, Ken wrote:

> I don't think I agree with this "vision" .... but I wanted to get your
> opinion too
>
> Kenneth Graap ............
>
> The CIO of my company shared this vision with me this afternoon:
>
> Begin quote................................
>
> IBM will make LINUX their operating system of choice within 2 years.
>
>       What does this mean...
>
>               All platforms will use LINUX as their primary OS.
>               All existing operating environments (iSeries, zSeries etc)
>                       will have a conversion path for applications and
>                       databases to LINUX
>               Current IBM based vendors will provide LINUX capability
>                       for their applications.
>
>       Why...
>
>               LINUX offers the opportunity for IBM to get out of the OS
>                       business.
>               LINUX reduces IBM reliance on Microsoft for small server
>                       software.
>               A common OS allows IBM to drop non cost competitive
>                       platform series without loosing the associated
>                       customer base.
>               A common OS enables the IBM drive for on demand computing.
>
> End quote....................................................
>
>
> Kenneth
>
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> AS/400e Professional System Administrator
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