Re: LINUX is the "one" ? .... Comments???

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

IBM, as with any company, likes a captive customer.  OS/400 is owned by IBM.
 Would IBM willingly throw away their lock on this huge customer base?  I'd
bet against it. 
 
Linux is useful for many things, including as an irritant to sprinkle on
Bill Gates' toilet paper but its not going to blow out UNIX.
 
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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 18:32:32
To: 'Midrange'
Subject: LINUX is the "one" ? .... Comments???
 
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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Kenneth E. Graap
IBM Certified Specialist 
AS/400e Professional System Administrator
NW Natural (Gas Services)
keg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone: 503-226-4211 x5537
FAX: 603-849-0591
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