Re: COMMON, San Antonio, Linux Focus

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

Agreed.  But, I submit that certifications and systems capabilities don't
sell a system, MARKETING does...

I was pleasantly amused by Mike Shaws report from the SFO LW this
summer...:)

Don in DC

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On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 JOberholtzer@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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> <snip>
> this is just fascinating.  When I was at linuxworld at Javitts last
> Jan/Feb, IBM was telling the folks in the expo NOT to use linux on
> iSeries, but to use zSeries instead....they didn't think the iSeries linux
> implementation was good enough...
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> There are many constituencies inside IBM that are as loyal to the
> architecture they work on as we are to OS/400 and the iSeries.  The iSeries
> implementation of Linux ( I have done it several times, and am Certified by
> IBM as Systems Expert, iSeries LPAR technical Solutions and iSeries Linux
> Technical Solutions)  is every bit as robust and in several cases superior
> to the zSeries or pSeries implementation.  Remember the "i" stands for
> integrated.  The other implementations require hardware etc, iSeries does
> not.  Just some memory, processor and a little network storage area to put
> it up.
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> In short, iSeries rules.......!!!!!!!!!!
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> Jim Oberholtzer
> Senior Solutions Architect
> Computech Resources, Inc.
> Phone:  262/785-8111
> Cell:      414/416-0840
> Fax:      262/785-8107
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