> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of -ray > Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 1:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [brlug-general] security through obscurity > > > On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, Doug Riddle wrote:
> till Gerstner > took over in the 90's that they changed focus from moving proprietary > mainframes out of the warehouse to moving money into their > bank account. And if you think IBM's Linux initiative is in > good faith, well... ask any > IBM manager about it, and he'll say "it makes good business sense". > Translation: "we can make money off of Linux". But i think they are > making a lot of good choices, and if they can make money off of Linux > and open source, more power to them. --I don't care who makes money anymore. When I can pick up a mainframe with Linux390 (Zos is no longer needed) for less that half a mil instead of the mil or two they used to cost with limited (in comparison) monthly maintenance. Whether IBM returns to their dominance or not, we are benefiting in the systems community. Go, IBM. --jms
