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
> 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.
>
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> > -----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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