On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 11:20:51PM +0200, Gil Freund wrote: > Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > > [snip[ > > > >AFAIK IBM is officially distribution-agnostic. Major distros get > >certifications on IBM platforms (as Red Hat did recently - > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/34501.html), IBM works with > >them as partners, etc, but IBM has never "preferred" SuSE or Red Hat > >or anything else. > > IBM offers binary packages in RPM only, although they are friendly > enough for debian's alien to convert without major issues (on netfinity > servers)
That is such a broad, sweeping statement, that I'm not sure how to respond. Please qualify it as to say *which* products does IBM offer in binary only packages. I'm sure there are some, just as I'm sure there are some that are free software, with everything that entails. IBM is a big company. > >You should also distinguish between officially supporting IBM products > >on this or that platform (check on a case-by-case basis, I would not > >be surprised if Red Hat and SuSE scored better than other distros > >based on this criterion, after all they produce "advanced servers" and > >"enterprise editions") and providing general support services to > >customers. I imagine IGS (IBM Global Services) will support Mandrake > >if paid well enough. Hell, they'll do Windows, too... > > > > But how well will they do it, and do they have the knowledge in house, > or do they outsource it? They have the knowledge in house. std disclaimer: "I don't get paid nearly enough to be speaking for big blue" Cheers, Muli -- Muli Ben-Yehuda http://www.mulix.org | http://mulix.livejournal.com/ "the nucleus of linux oscillates my world" - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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