On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, MCCARTIER wrote: > Yes, the next official release for S/390 will be Red Hat Advanced Server > 3.0 and you are obliged to take the support contract of RH. > > I Think it's time to move to DEBIAN S/390 ? > > What do you think ?
I think the onus is on the vendors to show value. Back when I worked for Amdahl, some mainframe users liked to have two (or more) vendors onsite, believing it helped keep them honest. It seems to me that both Red Hat and SuSE are trying to coerce users into using their solutions only. You don't have to comply with their desires. It may be that if their offerings don't suit you, and enough say so that they will change. I suppose you could make a counter offer: "We will pay xxx for media and a stream of ixes, and we will make other arrangements ofr hands on deck." A slice of the cake is better than no cacke, after all, and _anyone_ can supply and support Debian. I do suggest, though, that if you do make signnificant use of Debian, you find ways of helping the project (and KDE, Gnome etc). > There is no more Free software for S/390 in RH and Suse Rember that "free" in the context of OSS does not mean "free of charge." Read the GPL. > > > Mathieu C. CARTIER > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part de > Post, Mark K > Envoyé : jeudi 27 mars 2003 23:58 > À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet : Re: New RedHat 9.0 Linux > > > Chris is right, as far as I can tell. This is a desktop/workstation > release, and not a Linux/390 one. > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Bielefeld [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 2:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: New RedHat 9.0 Linux > > > I just got the following link from Search390 about the 9.0 Redhat > version coming out on March 31. > > > http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid > 39_g > ci888557,00.html > > I'm sure many of you have heard about this already, but I haven't. I > assume this will not be available on S/390 for a while. Am I correct in > that assumption? > > Eric Bielefeld > Sr. MVS Systems Programmer > P&H Mining Equipment > Milwaukee, WI > 414-671-7849 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ++++ > +++++++++++++ > This electronic mail transmission contains information from P & H Mining > Equipment which is confidential, and is intended only for the use of the > proper addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify > us immediately at the return address on this transmission, or by > telephone at (414) 671-4400, and delete this message and any attachments > from your system. Unauthorized use, copying, disclosing, distributing, > or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this transmission is > strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ++++ > +++++++++++++ > -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
