Marcel, One of the reasons might be that management sees a lack in supporting software for this platform. Normaly the OS/390 platform is know and used for it's robustness as a hardware platform aswell as the available software to maintain, secure, etc the system. One of the things you will need it systems management software, especialy in an environment where you will tend to run applications that will be available to the world outside the current realm of the company. High visability is nice for a company but not if things go wrong. Without letting this sound to much as a sales pitch I would advise you to take a look at our website at www.bmc.com/products or register as a user on www.bmc.com/support. On the latter site you can get more than just the commercial info in the form of newsletters and documentation on for instance our MAINVIEW for Linux Servers software.
If you would like me to get in touch with you on this subject please contact me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, Ted Jans Software Consultant Commercial & Technical Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] 030-608 5366 of 06-533 523 10 -----Original Message----- From: Marcel Foortjes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 11:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: reasons why management don't want linux Hello, I have been asked by management for a justification for linux and linux on S/390. I've read a lot of the presentations about the pro's on linux and linux on S/390 but still the acceptance of linux in a corporate environment is still low. Can you help me to make an inventory of the reasons why management still don't want to invest in linux. If I know them before I present my justification I can use them to take a way this misunderstandings. Thanks in advance for your help, Marcel Foortjes Systeem beheerder / Afdeling Mainframe beheer De Amersfoortse. De Inkomensverzekeraar. Stadsring 15, 3811 HM Amersfoort Postbus 42, 3800 AA Amersfoort Telefoon: (033) 464 2859 Fax: (033) 464 2933 www.amersfoortse.nl ***********************DISCLAIMER*********************** Deze e-mail is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde(n). Verstrekking aan en gebruik door anderen is niet toegestaan. AMEV Stad Rotterdam Verzekeringsgroep (ASR) N.V. sluit iedere aansprakelijkheid uit die voortvloeit uit elektronische verzending. This e-mail is intended exclusively for the addressee(s), and may not be passed on to, or made available for use by any person other than the addressee(s). AMEV Stad Rotterdam Verzekeringsgroep (ASR) N.V. rules out any and every liability resulting from any electronic transmission. ********************************************************
