My personal problem is that I have - for some stupid reason - avoided *NIX like the plague. It just seemed like going backwards to me when I *did* try to learn it pre-GUI. I just figured, "why go back to a DOS-like or native TSO-like system????
But, I no longer have that excuse and - you are right, John - this (open source) is probably the best way for me to go at this point; unless a suitable mainframe shop presents itself soon. Now... what to rename my corporation to??? ;-) All the best, Scott Scott T. Harder Mainframe Services, Inc. Naples, FL > C#?? Yuck! Install Linux/Intel. Learn lots of languages: C/C++, Objective- > C, Perl, Python, PHP, Ruby, Erlang, Java, Clojure, Scala, Groovy, C# > (Mono's csharp), Io, Lua, Bash (shell scripting), Lisp (many variants), > Haskell (2 different versions), Curry, Gambas (BASIC), Ada, Forth, Scheme > (LISP-like), OOREXX, Regina (REXX), R (statistics), Slang, TCL/Tk, even > more. > > I need an SQL database: SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Derby > > I need an editor: vi/vim/gvim, emacs, kate, nedit, eric, ... > > I need an IDE: Eclipse, NetBeans, Kdevelop, Anjuta, Qt Creator, ... > > I need source management: CVS, Subversion, git. > > I need an office package: Koffice, OpenOffice (MS Office file read/write), > many XML editors and document editors. > > I need Visio work: Kivio, Dia . > > I need virtual machine capability: KVM, Xen, VirtualBox OSE, dosbox, ... > > I need ... application which is only available under Windows: Install > Windows in a VM. But first try Wine or Crossover Linux (costs money, but > inexpensive) to run the Windows apps under Linux. > > Gee, what does all this cost???? ABSOLUTE FREE FOR THE DOWNLOAD. You > supply the PC. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group u/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
