[olug] Too Cool!

[Eric Penne]

IBM has been using Linux internally since 1994-95.  They have the bug
because they've seen it grow and have used it extensively.

Eric


--- Quinn Coldiron <qcoldir at nmhs.org> wrote:
> Yep.  I'm glad to see the integration.  AIX has some great features
> that
> IBM is integrating into Linux (kernel and GNU).  What I'm seeing is
> AIX
> becoming more compatible with other unix's via Linux and GNU
> software. 
> It used to be a nightmare getting OS software to compile on AIX. 
> Now,
> even on 4.3.3 I'm able to get a lot of stuff to compile and work. 
> AIX
> 5.1 and up make it even easier.
> 
> A good thing I'm seeing from IBM is the systems that they use as
> controllers for their products (like the SAN "shark" and robotic tape
> drives, etc) are being converted to Linux.  Our current head unit to
> the
> IBM SAN is a Linux box.  The internals are still RS/6000's.
> 
> Cool stuff.  IBM really has the Linux bug.
> 
> Quinn
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 09:08, Jonathan Warren wrote:
> > Aix will soon be linux though.
> >
> 
> 
> 
>  
> -- 
> -----------------------------
> 
> You don't "install" web pages; you simply visit them.
> Why should applications be any different?
> 
> -----------------------------
> Quinn P. Coldiron
> Cerner Technical Coordinator
> Nebraska Methodist Hospital
> 402-354-1619
> qcoldir at nmhs.org
> 
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