Most of the intelligent folks are probably cruising around Linux World today, so I'll take a crack at your question, Eric.
First, and foremost, is the blessing of your management that they would truly like to see your implementation work. They should energize the other Administrators and Networking people so that everyone knows how management feels and how important their individual contributions will be to the success of the project. Pick the platform. If you have access to an IFL, you might as well lobby for z/VM. If not, find a decent xBox to work with. Pick your Linux distribution and get it on order. If working with the zBox, have someone take a class like IBM's ZV060 which teaches the installation of z/VM when intended for Linux. Decide which function you want to port to the new platform, like some static web pages that would work on Apache, or a file/print server. DB2 on AIX or Intel is also a good candidate. Don't make your first conversion too difficult. Assemble the team. IPL the coffee pot. Print the Red Books. Go to it. On Thursday 22 January 2004 09:23, you wrote: > Here is a question for the group that I don't recall seeing. I have > recently been asked to compile a list of those things that are most > important, a must have, to realize success the implementation of > Linux. Anyone here have a success story they can share, either > x/Linux or z/Linux is welcome? What "things" were most important to > realizing that success? Or what things would be considered a must > have for the successful implementation of Linux, again x/Linux or > z/Linux? > > Thoughts... > > Thanks! > Eric Sammons
