Re: Favorite Distribution for 390

2003-03-30 Thread Rich Smrcina
Yes, SuSe is priced yearly per engine, but the price is for as many Linux images as you can fit on your z800. Regardless if it's 10 or 10,000... I'm pretty sure the price is less than $16K. SuSE on 390 is a very solid distribution, we have a number of customers using it. On Sunday 30 March 2003

Re: Favorite Distribution for 390

2003-03-30 Thread Jon R. Doyle
If you do not have $'s and you do not intend to run applications that need support or certification, run Debian. If you need support for oracle for example, pay and run SuSE. Jon R. Doyle Sendmail Inc. 6425 Christie Ave Emeryville, Ca. 94608 (o_ (o_ (o_ //\ (

Favorite Distribution for 390

2003-03-30 Thread Paul Raulerson
Hi guys - we are looking *hard* at purchasing a new z800 0FL machine to run Linux as our primary host computer at work. This is a great idea I think, but I could really use some advice on the distributions. First, pricing... glancing at SuSE's sight, I see what appears to be restricitve licensi