We are not looking for a free ride here. If we were running production applications, we would have a support contract. I am still at the proof of concept stage trying to convince people here there is some merit in even evaluating Linux on S/390. There is a lot of resistance to introducing a new environment. Until it is officially sanctioned there is just no money available for my part time effort.
Our WAS developers are moving to V 4 and DB2 7.2 on their server farm so i need to demonstrate this on linux if i'm going to get anywhere. By the way, i did install the redhat compat rpm while suse's nozzle server was unavailable, as per a previous recommendation, so we are making some progress. i was just afraid of mixing rpms from different distributions based on comments i read here earlier. >Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:37:15 -0700 >From: Dennis Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Problem installing IBM SEK for Linux on SuSE SLES7 beta > >This is a religious topic I know, but it just struck me the wrong way >today... > >Yeah, get the free version but remember this some Sunday morning at oh >dark thirty, when you've been paged because the systems crashed. Your >company is loosing tens of thousands of dollars an hour that your >system is down. Your boss is all over you. You're tired because you've >spent a hectic week gathering all the patches need to make the free >mumble mumble work on your free Linux system. Your system is pretty >current, it was the latest free one you could download before your >distributor went out of business because nobody was paying them for >their supported systems and the VCs quit funding their loosing business >model. It was a lot easier when the distributor did the integration and >testing for you... > >Nope, you don't have to pay for Linux, but after this weekend your >company may not have to pay you either. From: Dave Sandey VM Technical Development Voice: 416-510-6164 Id: TORINFO(DSANDEY) Sears Canada Inc. Fax: 416-510-2304 100 Valleybrook Dr, North York Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
