On Nov 29, 2007 4:18 PM, Anton Britz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, you can call your self brain dead if you have not been part of the > IBM > world for the last 30 years but IBM makes money out of adding a few > buttons > to the same boxes/software every year and then they sell it back to their > own customers.
Well I have been a part of the IBM world for 20+ years, and no I don't consider myself brain-dead. I just thought you had a real argument I was missing. > > > So now you want to run Linux on an IBM box ? Yes, I do. > > > The reason why the market is moving to Linux is precisely because of the > constant "Upgrade fees" of IBM/Microsoft. Maybe 1 of the reasons. There are many others. Better OS than Microsoft, more secure than Microsoft. Does a better job, for certain workloads. > > > > You want to tell me we are going to get new/better features in Linux, > compared to other Operating Systems that have been around for 50 years. You just may, it is being developed by thousands, of individuals. > > > > So Yes, I agree with you... Brain dead is one way of putting it in > perspective. Mainframes must have arrived............. -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
