The PDF containing directions etc. will be available on the VM and Sine
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* Date: December 18, 2003
* Location: Computer Associates
2291 Wood Oak Drive
Herndon VA
* Time: 8:30 for 9:00 until 1pm
AGENDA
* Breakfast
* Automating Application Startup under Linux - David Boyes
* Sharing Kernel and Application Materials on Linux for zSeries - Bill
Scully CA
* Universal Operating System for Diverse Hardware Architectures - Chris
Geddes (SuSE)
SPECIAL NOTICE
Please bring a name badge from any past conference (SHARE, WAVV, CMG). The
older or more obscure the better. This will save time and effort of creating
one before the meeting and should be a good conversation stater.
ABSTRACTS
Automating Application Startup under Linux
The creation of automatic startup scripts for applications on Linux is
poorly documented and fraught with some peril in the early SuSE and RH
releases. In this presentation, we'll go over what happens during Linux
startup, the SysV init script structure that is used by most Linux
distributions, and how to create scripts that can be safely integrated into
the Linux startup process to start your applications at boot time. If we
have time, we'll open it up for discussion of common applications and
problems encountered.
Sharing Kernel and Application Materials on Linux for zSeries
As sites continue implement and maintain many more Linux for zSeries servers
they begin to wonder how they can better streamline the maintenance of their
many images. William Scully, Senior Systems Programmer for Computer
Associates, presents a surprisingly simple technique for sharing the object
code for both the kernel and applications running under Linux for zSeries.
Using this technique may prove useful in reducing the human costs to rolling
out service to large numbers of Linux servers running on the mainframe.
Universal Operating System for Diverse Hardware Architectures
You envision one single operating system for diverse architectures, in order
to reduce the training and administration costs and workload to a minimum?
Then SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 is the answer. No matter whether your IT
infrastructure comprises 32-bit or 64-bit x86 systems, PowerPC-based
systems, or even IBM mainframes, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server is universally
deployable.
All supplied services and applications can be utilized on the most suitable
hardware for the performance of the respective task. In this way, you can
exploit your hardware in the best way possible without any need for
additional training or extra costs.
SuSE will discuss the following topics:
* Vision for Linux
* Linux Roadmap
* SuSE Value Proposition
* SuSE/ IBM Linux Services
* Competitive Differentiators: SuSE vs Red Hat
* Pilot Program
