Hello again from Gregg C Levine Plenty of reasons. For example they could have been using that kludge, as opposed to the one we want to begin with. I personally think they will never tell us. ------------------- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------ "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi "Use the Force, Luke." Obi-Wan Kenobi (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi ) (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda )
> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > John Summerfield > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] eBay Now Powered By IBM > > On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Stan Clark wrote: > > > The interesting question to me is, why did they (Ebay and IBM consultants) > > decide on an Intel based, xSeries, platform to run WebSphere on instead of a > > mainframe runing linux. I would love to know the reasons. > > > What was ebay running before? Something running on Windows? > > If so, this would be a reasonable migration path, not so different from > what IBM recommended to OS/2 users. > > 1. Move applications to platform neutral software (Java). > 2. Move to new platform. In that case, not OS/2. > > > > > > > -- > > > Cheers > John. > > Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at > http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb > Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.
