On Apr 20, 2006, at 3:28 PM, McKown, John wrote:
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From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Phil Tully
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 3:10 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Wine on z/Linux
Thank You all for the answers....now to continue digging what they
are
trying to do....rather than just answer the question.
Hope it's not like here. Somebody told our (now ex-) management that
Wine would allow Linux to run Windows software. The (Now ex-)
management
thought: "Wonderful! We'll get an IFL, run Linux (IT'S FREE!!!) and
consolidate xxx Windows servers onto the z800!" They wanted to run a
number of MS Exchange and MS SQL servers on a single IFL on the z800.
What a pain to try to explain to them that they were sold a bill of
goods. And, their reaction was typical: "This is all YOUR fault!"
I do not buy the "sold a bill of goods" part.
Wine *does* allow Linux to run (some) Windows software (Exchange and
SQL Server? No idea).
Linux on an IFL *is* "FREE!!!" (modulo support costs). And it *can*
be a useful consolidation tool for some workloads.
The missing piece is that "Linux" in the first sentence means "Linux/
x86" and in the second "Linux/390."
I think (now ex-) mangement sold THEMSELVES a bill of goods.
Adam
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