Hylton Tom P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm investigating installing mailing list software (akin to > listserv or > majordomo) to manage some internal mailing lists.
Why go with imitators, when you can get the real thing? LSoft now offers Listserv for Linux/390. Check out http://www.lsoft.com/news/default.asp?item=S390 for their announcement last month. As CEO Eric Thomas, an old-time VMer, known to some of us as "Sir Eric la Terreur" (see http://pucc.princeton.edu:80/~vmshare/read?fn=KNIGHTS&ft=MEMO&line=174) noted: "LISTSERV� is no stranger to S/390, having been originally developed on an IBM 4341 mainframe in 1986. In the 1990s, customers migrated to unix or Windows because S/390 hardware was no longer cost effective. But today, computing power is so cheap that it makes sense to spend more on hardware to save a lot of manpower, and people are rediscovering the benefits of the centralized mainframe business model." An even better quote, though, is: "It only took about a day to install Linux on our IBM MP3000 mainframe and make LISTSERV� work on that system. All unix software vendors should consider porting their applications to S/ 390. They will find that S/390 customers are loyal, have a high degree of technical knowledge and at least as much enthusiasm as other Linux customers." Ross Patterson Computer Associates
