On Sunday 13 May 2001 07:18 pm, you wrote:
> How do you eat an elephant ?? One byte at a time.
> This first step is quite a significant one.
> Larry :-)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eric Pierce <epierce@usf.edu>
> To: <slug@nks.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 1:34 PM
> Subject: RE: [SLUG] Tonight's Presentation
>
> > I disagree on IBM's motives. It looks to me that this is a totally
> > "bottom-line" type of decision. It seems to me that they don't really
>
> think
>
> > Linux is that powerful, they just need something to replace the aging
>
> OS/390
in this day u better have some powerful to replace else with.
Linux is quite powerful. i just read the other day that some
guy that used to work for microsoft has been messing
with the kernal and has has 3x performance increases in
some areas with it. he even mentioned wanted to write
some code for Linux, hopefully the kernal. isnt that cool
>
> > on the mainframes and they want to get rid of NT on the low-end (Intel)
> > servers. If they really thought that Linux and open source was going to
>
> be
>
> > the "Next Big Thing" for servers, they would be promoting Linux for all
> > their platforms, not just the S/390 and the xSeries. If Open Source is
> > so important to IBM, where is the source to AIX, WebSphere, or any of
> > their other programs?
> >
> > The power of the Linux phenomenon is not in Linux itself...there is
>
> nothing
>
> > about it fundamentally different than any other Unix. The important
> > distinction is that Linux is Free (as in speech, beer doesn't matter as
> > much). Free Software is what creates the flexibility that Linux is
> > famous for. That flexibility is what allows IBM to run it on a S/390 in
> > the
>
> first
>
> > place, yet it seems that they are not interested in Freeing any of their
> > other projects.
> >
> > #########################################################################
> > Eric Pierce Phone: (813) 974-8868
> > Academic Computing Fax: (813) 974-1799
> > University of South Florida
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net]On Behalf Of Paul M Foster
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 7:02 PM
> > > To: slug@nks.net
> > > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Tonight's Presentation
> > >
> > >
> > > Oooo, I like _all_ of those!
> > >
> > > Aside from _what_ IBM is doing and _how_, the why is essentially this:
> > > IBM wanted to be ahead of the curve on this one. They've missed the
> > > boat several times, and here was a case where they could see the
> > > writing on the wall with regard to Linux. One other important point:
> > > IBM has no interest in Linux on the desktop. That's not what they're
> > > pushing.
> > >
> > > As for the video, I'd guess it was a little over an hour. Someone is
> > > duping copies, so I imagine we can probably get one.
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > >
> > > Paul
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