A week ago, I asked if anyone had a reference architecture. I only got two replies. One was an excellent set of installation documentation and the other pointed me to websites.
I'll ask again, a little differently this time. I am looking for best of breed on all platforms for the variety of things they support. (i.e. RedHat vs. SUSE, Apache vs. Tomcat vs. WebSphere, etc.) Opinions are fine. Do the recommendations above change depending on platform? The replies to not have to be fancy. I'm just trying to provide recommended choices here without the learning curve, as Linux is about to show up here in several flavors on several platforms. I'm not looking for a free lunch, just a menu for the food for thought. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 9:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SuSE vs Red Hat On Wednesday, 05/26/2004 at 09:08 EST, "Little, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You probably won't get much of a flame war. I would hazard that there is a > mixture of Debian, RedHat, and SuSE, with a lot of them being SuSE. Feel > free to correct me if I'm wrong. > > SuSE just had more there early in the game. The choice of operating system should be driven by middleware you want to run and the level of support you need. The vast majority of IBM middleware, for example, is supported on RedHat and SUSE only. As you say, SUSE is ahead of the curve. RH is a bit behind them, but I expect they will catch up. (Hey, money is money and bidness is bidness.) If everything you're doing is open source, then availability of support is really the only issue. And, if your company has chosen to fund in-house support instead of commercial, then the choice is entirely yours. And don't let anyone convince you that any of the above is "free". It isn't. TANSTAAFL. There ain't no such thing as a free Linux. (Apologies to Mr. Heinlein, his heirs, and assigns.) Alan Altmark Sr. Software Engineer IBM z/VM Development ************************************************ The information transmitted is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. ************************************************ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
