Sorry, Steve --
The one thing I *can* confirm is that we're *not* doing a 64-bit Linux
distro. The existing distributors certainly have that task well in hand.
The only reason I commented on it at all was that at least one previous
note in this thread had asked "what would ya ever need with a 64-bit Linux
besides gee-whiz value?". Sorry if I misled ... that was not my intent.
--Jim--
James S. Tison
Senior Software Engineer
TPF Laboratory / Architecture
IBM Corporation
+1 203 486-2835 (voice/fax)
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Steve Guthrie
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steve.guthrie
Gee, Jim, have you been sued for accidental use of acronyms in email
messaging before? I'll try to remember zseries (Is the S in caps? Oh
well,
another lawsuit;)).
As far as the posted note contained herein, I wanted to indicate that IBM
was developing an internal system with a 64-bit port that wasn't one the
big
three distros. I find that significant since IBM doesn't generally waste
development dollars on experimentation.
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Elliott
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> Roger. I do mean Z/Series, not Z/OS. As for IBM being "distro
> agnostic", what does this portend:
>> We use it for cross-development for a 64-bit target zSeries system,
>> whose nature I can't discuss yet (announcement pending, hopefully
>> within the next 6 months)
Steve:
To keep our trademarks straight, it is zSeries and z/OS (case and slash
sensitive). The hardware does not have a slasha and the software does,
and no, I don't know why.
As to the "distro agnostic", IBM has formal relationships with Red Hat,
SuSE and Turbolinux on zSeries. We do not express a preference. As to
Jim Tison's comments, he is in TPF development (one of the four
mainframe OSs you can buy from IBM). I can't say what he is working on,
but check out http://ibm.com/tpf for more info on that OS.
Regards, Jim Elliott - Linux Advocate, IBM Canada Ltd.
