> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craddock, Chris > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 5:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Patents, Copyrights, Profits, Flex and Hercules > > > Dave Kopischke wrote: > > Mark Zelden wrote: > > >I don't know what it suggests. It looks like the doc should say > > >Linux for zSeries or something like that... not z/OS Linux. > > > > Exactly. That's why the conspiracy theorists are implying > LINUX may be > a > > replacement for UNIX System Services in some future z/OS release. > > Geez where does this nuttiness come from? It may be great > fodder for the > conspiracy theorists, but z/OS UNIX (whether it's called "USS" or not > :-) and "Linux on z" (again, regardless of what it's called) > are utterly > different things. Neither one can directly replace the other except > perhaps in the fevered imagination of a marketer. > > CC
However, z/OS UNIX for System Services could implement more of some of the things which are in the Linux kernel. But what I would love more than that would be a port of the entire GNU tool chain. I know that IBM has done some of this, but I miss some of my favorite GNU utilities. As an example, GNU tar is, IMO, significantly better than pax (except that it cannot do the on-the-fly code conversion - that is nice). gmake smokes IBM's make. And the thought of get the autoconfig stuff is heady. GNU diff vs. IBM diff - what a difference! GNU grep. And I could go on and on. But I realize that this would take time and money. If I had the time and talent and money (and a C compiler that would work on z/OS), then I'd take a stab at some of these. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
