Just so everyone is clear - Yes having a VM would be excellent (I use VPC all the time). That's where the whole discussion of the incubator began, and we've been round that loop for several months and it's a no-go.
IBM (corporate, not U2 division) have too many legal hurdles to make it possible. We would have to be given the legal right to distribute U2: for that we would have to incorporate, charge membership (!), have legal counsel, submit taxes, and board members would take on a level of liability that's simply not appropriate to what is, after all, a volunteer organization.. and if we went down that road, it would suck up all our limited resources as a user group for the next n years just to get through it. And personally I'd rather concentrate on delivering something useful to the group - and the Learner packs need not only be for newcomers - than spend my year working through IBM legals! Regards Brian But you can't do that due to the IBM License on the PE version - the end user *must* navigate through that license during the installation was my understanding. They HAVE to pull the PE from the IBM site directly. Meaning, no way to build ready-to-run PE Virtual Machines.... DW > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Normandin, Jerry > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 3:43 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] Incubator - News from the board > > Sounds like a great Idea! I'm willing to put together a > tuned cookie cutter vmplayer image. This will yield a usable > demo that can run on windows and linux. ... as the guiness > commercial goes... "A VM of U2 on Linux, BRILLIANT!" > > Jerry Normandin > > > > > > | System Level II > Intuit Eclipse > Distribution Management Solutions > > 75 Perseverance Way > Hyannis, MA 02601 > T 508.778.9151 Ext. 1245 > F 508.778.6443 > www.eclipse.intuit.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ________________________________ > > *This e-mail message is intended for the named recipient(s) > above only, and may contain information that is confidential > and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you > are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, > distribution or duplication of this e-mail and any > attachment(s) thereto is prohibited. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Murray > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 4:22 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] Incubator - News from the board > > What about a fully installed, configured and ready to run > VMWare image of U2 on linux? > > VWmare now have a free runtime/player and there are already a > number of linux and such images available under their > 'Virtual Appliances Marketplace' > - http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/ > > All that has to be installed then is the vmware player on a > MS-Windows platform. > > Cheers, > > David Murray > > > > .learn and do > .excel and share > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Harbeson > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 3:12 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] Incubator - News from the board > > Well, for distribution - this would need to be Linux - as I > doubt Microsoft will grant re-dist rights on Win32. > > IBM seems to support Linux... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 1:13 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] Incubator - News from the board > > It strikes me that one good way to deliver this would be > using VMware or > > some other similar virtualisation technology that can be run > in a free player (VMware Player) on any Windows or Linux > operating system. This would make the install easy and all > the databases and documentation etc. > > could be pre-installed. > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/