On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, James Washer wrote:

> Trust me.. IBM is VERY bullish on linux. You'd be amazed at how much
> Linux we're running inside IBM.

I'm not sure how serious they really are about replacing it on the really
big iron, though. Inside the virtual machines, sure, but I don't think
Linux is really ready to replace their virtual machine management OS or
handle all the hardware requirements of some of their more complex systems
(new NUMA support notwithstanding).

Still, even if they phase out AIX on some of the smaller units, it would 
simplify datacenter management quite a bit. It's a good business move, but 
I think they'll still be producing AIX and some of their other OS stuff 
for quite a few years to come.

-- 
"Of course I'm in shape! Round's a shape, isn't it?"

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