Chris, I've been thinking about this question ever since you posed it. I have to say that I'm not convinced there's 40 pages a month worth of stuff to say about Linux/390. A lot of the problems that get "solved" here are repetitions of ones that come up over and over again. The number of new ones that we see in a given month is relatively low.
Having said that, I would really like to see something like this happen, as I think it would get the information out to a much broader audience. I don't think you're going to find too much in the way of "user modifications/extensions." I for one am too busy just trying to get things working as distributed. I don't have the time to think about trying to mess with adding/modifying functionality. I think you might have a chance at doing something good if you could get companies that have implemented Linux/390 in production to talk about it for publication. The few who have been willing have been covered to death. I and I believe others would like to hear about the ones that haven't spoken up so far. I'll try to give you a better answer later. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Chris Bunyan [mailto:chrisb@;xephon.com] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mainframe/Linux journal - your advice, please Hi Here at Xephon, we are thinking of launching a technical journal on Linux on the S/390. We're not sure it's viable, though, so I'd like to ask list members for their advice on the subject. The journal would cover topics related to both the mainframe and to Linux - I'm sure no one needs another general Linux Journal or another general mainframe journal. My question is: are there enough technical problems at the Linux/mainframe interface to warrant a monthly 40-page journal, in the following areas: - implementation - administration - technical support - user modifications/extensions. We might also cover application development as well, though we currently expect our main audience to be systems programmers. It would also be very helpful if you could mention the subject areas within each of these categories that might yield the most useful material (quantitatively and qualitatively). We hope list members might consider contributing articles, too. As with our other mainframe-oriented publications (MVS Update, CICS Update, etc), we expect to pay contributors (you can see our "Notes for Contributors", which cover such matters, here: http://www.xephon.com/nfc). Best wishes Chris Bunyan ____________________________________________________________ Xephon UK 27-35 London Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 1JL Direct phone 01635 33798 (01144 1635 33798 from USA) Fax 01635 38345 (01144 1635 38345 from USA) ____________________________________________________________ 'Enterprise IS News' - free weekly e-mail newsletter. Sign up here: http://www.xephon.com/lists ____________________________________________________________
