On Sep 5, 2007, at 10:41 AM, Alan Altmark wrote:
If IBM actively encouraged distributors to build and ship an S/390
version
of the new distros, while at the same time not supporting any of
its own
software on it, the message would be, umm, mixed at best;
misleading at
worst. And I'm not sure the non-IBM vendors would appreciate it,
either,
since they have the same issues as IBM has.
The world wants simple answers to complex questions. It is time
consuming to answer the question "Does IBM support Linux for S/
390?". From
one perspective the answer is "yes". From another, "no". You must
always
crawl under the question and ask
- What do you mean by "IBM"?
- What do you mean by "support"?
- At what point in time?
If you want a supported 31-bit distribution, Sine Nomine Associates
is, as always, happy to provide Debian Etch and support for it. Can
you run commercial software in a vendor-supported environment?
Probably not. Can you run any of the stuff in Debian "main" with
support? Yes indeed. That's somewhere north of 15,000 packages, and
of course includes all the well-known-and-loved Open Source products.
However, said support does not come from IBM. Nor does it come
directly from the Debian project.
Adam
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