Thanks, David, for the kind words. Yes, the moderator did not pronounce our name correctly, but that's par for the course....:-)
I was never able to get RA to work here on my W2K box (it kept telling me I needed the updated version, even after I had downloaded the update, installed it and rebooted the box....), so I personally didn't get to see the web cast. If anybody can send it to me in a format that I can view, I would appreciate it. And you're correct; it's a bit embarrassing to have to use Windows to watch a webcast on Linux. Hopefully that will change soon (at least in Munich....) :-) Dave Jones Sine Nomine Associates Houston ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 10:17 AM Subject: Re: Webcast Today: A 'Linux on the mainframe' reality check > On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 09:05, Michael Short wrote: > > One of our own gets to preach to the choir. > > http://search390.com/r/0,,14473,00.htm > > I listened to this yesterday. It took about an hour, and by-and-large > was pretty good stuff. David doesn't talk down to you, he uses little > pictures and big words, has opinions and can back 'em up. It managed to > keep me interested, and I'm already one of the converted. > > David tells what's good about Linux on zSeries, and is also forthright > about what's bad. He is an unapologetic champion of z/VM, to the point > where he claims that no successful production z/Linux runs without it. > (I tend to treat the requirement for z/VM with a grain or two of NaCl, > but he's talking about lots of images -- not the unloaded sandboxes I'm > running.) > > Unfortunately, there's an audio level problem; the moderator is nice and > loud, but David's voice tends to fade in and out. I had to run the > speakers way up to hear him comfortably. Oh, and I'm not sure the > moderator pronounced the name of David's company correctly. > > Why IBM felt they had to insert a couple of (mercifully brief) > commercials into the audio stream I cannot imagine. > > The presentation needs either WM or RA to play, and they don't tell you > this in advance. It was kind of embarrassing for me to abandon my Linux > machine to go find a Windows machine so that I could play a Linux > webcast. You have to register, and most of the fields are required. > (Hey IBM: I'm the guy named "No sales calls" from Alabama, with the > Beverly Hills zip code and a ".no" email address.) > > Anyway, two thumbs up to David Boyes for his effort (ahem: *Dr.* Boyes, > which title can only enhance his cinnamon roll reputation). The webcast > is recommended, even for some of you hardcore types; at the very least > it beats fighting with HCD for an hour. ;-) > > -- > David Andrews > A. Duda and Sons, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
