> > Interesting history, but is this really relevant for the LINUX list ? > > Relax and enjoy. Only the best lists do this. > > It's the only Linux list that goes into reminiscing like this at times. > The others I'm on or have been on are full of young upstarts who think > they know everything when they know nothing.
Useful, sometimes. The toughest things to migrate from one environment to another are things like turnaround document applications, special print jobs, and the like. I've seen quite a few companies take on conversions and migrations, and then get caught out by something like this. One of the things I'd like to see IBM develop in the next eighteen months is a restricted-function engine for the Linux-only system to allow people to run residual (hard to convert) applications - mostly VSE - until their eventual end of life. Not appropriate at the moment because they're mainly going for new applications/users. -- Phil Payne The Devil's IT Dictionary - last updated 2002/01/20: http://www.isham-research.com/dd.html UK +44 7785 302803 Germany +49 173 6242039
