Leland, I can't, quickly anyway, seem to locate an overview, but one of IBM's redbooks describes SMP with a few words:
"Chapter 3 describes OS/390 SMP/E which is a tool designed to manage the installation of software products on your OS/390 system and to track the modifications you make to those products." http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/SG245653.html?Open Substitute "Linux" for "OS/390" in the above, is what I'm saying. Not impossible. IBM has done this with z/OS http://www-306.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/7/897/ENUS201-257/index.html Here's a book that describes the rules for packaging products and maintenance for MVS using SMP http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/gim25x00.pdf That that I'm saying anyone should read these specific rules, because it's for a specific OS, but to point out that such a reference does exist and that one can be made for Linux as well. This approach to product packaging, delivery, installation and maintenance has served IBM very well over the years, and it's something that can work to our great advantage (unless we like dealing with solving compatibility problems) if it works out this way. And the whole thing can be automated, fed over the net (as the 2nd reference above talks about, for z/OS). Bill > IBM in the past had used red hat Linux for its smaller > clients and SUSE > Linux to run with the big dogs. IBM upgraded SUSE Linux > security to run > on its mainframe computers (eg the 390 I think). > > Now that Microsoft has signed an agreement with Novell, who own SUSE > Linux, to partner in allowing Microsoft to offer SUSE Linux to its > clients and to improve interoperability between Linux and > Window, IBM is > now going with a stronger relationship with Red Hat, and will use Red > Hat on its mainframe computers. > > Both Red Hat and SUSE Linux are commercial product that are offered > under a license that includes support, but other > non-commercial version > of Linux do a heck of a job of keeping their products patch > and up to date. > > Most ides and languages running on Linux are OS agnostic. > Going with an > ide and language that is OS agnostic has its advantages. Many open > source languages are both OS agnostic and free. This avoid the > Microsoft or other vendor lock-in that could cost big buck to the > clueless over the long haul. > > Anyway, its a great time to be involved with developing web based > applications using tools like the Komodo ide, perl, php, > python, ruby, > and java languages, the eclipse ide, the netbeans ide, etc. Once an > application is developed, you offer it to your client base or > otherwise > market it, and then place it on computers that are hosted by IP (eg > Internet Provider). The hosting providers receive income > from providing > hosting services and doing all the IP stuff like keeping the hardware > running and applications backed up, and the application developer > receive income from licensing the software, installing it on > the hosting > provider, and maintaining/updating the application. > > Regards, > > LelandJ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
