Mick, You are referring to the Linux Community Development System, and I do have an instance there. That environment is relatively restrictive, compared to what I can do at my own site, and is intended primarily for people who don't have access to their own S/390 or zSeries hardware. And guess what? My instance is running SuSE 7.0, not the latest and greatest.
There's nothing quite like wringing out a distribution on the hardware you intend to put into production, and with the _exact_ software mix besides. I agree that the LCDS is a _great_ thing, and I applaud IBM for making it available. It's just not a replacement for the kind of evaluation Adam, David, I, and others are talking about. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Michael Megson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: reasons why management don't want linux Mark, Have a look at IBM's offering. They will provide an LPAR with a configured LINUX (SUSE is one of the options) for you to evaluate We have one and it is a good first step. Mick Megson
