On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 23:20:57 +0900, Timothy Sipples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Re: the "unused" IFL, could I suggest a use for it? If you have DB2, and >you have ODBC or JDBC access to it, it's almost always a really, really >good idea to put DB2 Connect on mainframe Linux. Just makes so much sense >in nearly all such situations. > >There are other possibilities, but that's as close to a no-brainer as it >gets. > No brainer? How about the staff, time, learning curve, etc. to support an operating system and environment that is new to the shop? While there may be *nix people that could support Linux or help support it, it's probably not just Linux that would be new, it's also z/VM. I'm not saying using Linux on z is a bad idea, but you really tend to over simplify things and look at things like a salesman, not a technician. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
