On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Stan Clark wrote: > The interesting question to me is, why did they (Ebay and IBM consultants) > decide on an Intel based, xSeries, platform to run WebSphere on instead of a > mainframe runing linux. I would love to know the reasons. > What was ebay running before? Something running on Windows?
If so, this would be a reasonable migration path, not so different from what IBM recommended to OS/2 users. 1. Move applications to platform neutral software (Java). 2. Move to new platform. In that case, not OS/2. -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.
