Re: OT: Bumper Sticker for Linux users:

2003-07-25 Thread Mike Grundy
On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 03:23:14PM -0500, McKown, John wrote: > Since I've already wasted your bandwidth, here are some more: Prepping for SHARE are we? "Linux Bumperstickers" sung to the tune of... (Some Called It Durn Silly)

Re: IBM and 600 jobs

2003-07-25 Thread John Summerfield
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Dale Strickler wrote: > At 08:14 PM 2003_07_25, you wrote: > > > >Oh, changes in the wheatbelt have been as dramatic. Back then, a > >harvester was a machine you could tow behind your tractor. Now it's > >self-powered, a machine you need to climb a ladder to get up to its > >a

Re: IBM and 600 jobs

2003-07-25 Thread Dale Strickler
At 08:14 PM 2003_07_25, you wrote: Oh, changes in the wheatbelt have been as dramatic. Back then, a harvester was a machine you could tow behind your tractor. Now it's self-powered, a machine you need to climb a ladder to get up to its air-conditioned cockpit. The air-conditioning now is for the

Re: Corrupted Kernel?

2003-07-25 Thread Lucius, Leland
First off, do you have my "multiboot" patch on? :-) As you can see, the command line area of storage (0x10480) is getting corrupted. But, what's strange about it is that the bootloader reloads it from disk even when you do a "shutdown -r" so it's kind of an interesting problem. Does it always s

Re: JAVA/Linux

2003-07-25 Thread John Summerfield
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Mike Brauweiler wrote: > (NOTE: Cross-posted on DB2-L) > > We have a java application which is showing rapid garbage > collection/allocation failure loops (every 10-15 seconds) when using the IBM > DB2 UDB JDBC Drivers, we have seen this in IBMJava2 SR2 and SR5. (Linux is > S

Re: IBM and 600 jobs

2003-07-25 Thread John Summerfield
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Alan Cox wrote: > On Gwe, 2003-07-25 at 18:10, Norman Bollinger wrote: > > But I have always wondered why the 3rd world doesn't get lost in the > > shuffle because more and more most stuff is made by robots - not all that > > hand labor they used to be able to supply at a supe

Re: PL/I for GCC

2003-07-25 Thread Alan Cox
On Gwe, 2003-07-25 at 20:28, Ferguson, Neale wrote: > For those who are interested in things PL/I, there's a project on > Sourceforge that is providing a PL/I frontend to GCC. There appears to be > only one developer working on it at the moment but he seems to be making > progress. The project is l

Re: IBM and 600 jobs

2003-07-25 Thread Ken Dreger
Missed the point, "Intelectual Property Rights" are what need to be kept in EACH country, it does not matter which home country you are from, it is just way to big of a risk for a company to farm out the "IP" to another country and assume that the property won't get re-manufactured .period. It has

Re: PL/I for GCC

2003-07-25 Thread John Summerfield
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Ferguson, Neale wrote: > For those who are interested in things PL/I, there's a project on > Sourceforge that is providing a PL/I frontend to GCC. There appears to be > only one developer working on it at the moment but he seems to be making > progress. The project is located

Re: The White House now runs Linux

2003-07-25 Thread John Summerfield
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Lionel Dyck wrote: > I wonder how sco will ask for the license fee: > > http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21970.html > Seems to me someone's missed the point? If anyone offers indemnity to Linux users, shouldn't it be those who take the dollars for supplying the software?

Re: No Subject

2003-07-25 Thread John Summerfield
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Jim Sibley wrote: > As to patenting compilers, OS, and languages, that is > why "C" has become the "standard", ugly as it is. It > could be obtained by universities for free, so that is > what everyone is learning before they have to do real > work. IBM has a PL/1 compiler.

Corrupted Kernel?

2003-07-25 Thread Ed O'Rourke
I have a test SLES8 system under VM4.3. It's on 3full 3390-3 packs. When I use it to test I ddr the the packs and use them. I never touch the originals. It's been working fine for a few months. Just last week I ddr'ed the packs ad was doing some testing and I did a shutdown -r now and it never c

Re: IBM and 600 jobs

2003-07-25 Thread John Summerfield
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Ken Dreger wrote: > I guess they are just oblivious to the thought that the "Intellectual > Property" may be compromised ! > Try to prosecute someone in another country for stealing your IP, good luck ! > We have a partner who just convinced a local LARGE bank to not go offsho

Re: Questions about Linux 2.5 SMP & threading issuesA

2003-07-25 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Saturday 26 July 2003 00:30, Jim Sibley wrote: > Does 2.6 and earlier releases queue behind a single > lock at some point? I have noticied both in 2.4.7 and > 2.4.19 there is a limit to the amount of I/O I, which > is a fraction of the real device throughput capacity. In 2.4.x, there is one loc

Re: Questions about Linux 2.5 SMP & threading issuesA

2003-07-25 Thread Jim Sibley
Arnd, in your observations about 2.6, you mentioned that the I/O request lock is a problem. Does 2.6 and earlier releases queue behind a single lock at some point? I have noticied both in 2.4.7 and 2.4.19 there is a limit to the amount of I/O I, which is a fraction of the real device throughput ca

Re: OSA Fast Ethernet (OSD) - QDIO mode

2003-07-25 Thread Matt Lashley/SCO
Thanks for replying so quickly. >>Does your card in LCS mode have a non-zero MAC address? No. It displays a MAC equal to the one that the HMC displays. >>Are your routing tables set up to tell the network to route 192.168.x.x through 172.16.64.3? Yes. The Cisco is the gateway with 172.16.64.1 f

Re: OSA Fast Ethernet (OSD) - QDIO mode

2003-07-25 Thread Post, Mark K
Matt, My system shows the same effect: # ifconfig eth1 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet addr:199.42.190.162 Mask:255.255.255.240 inet6 addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/10 Scope:Link UP RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1 RX pack

OSA Fast Ethernet (OSD) - QDIO mode

2003-07-25 Thread Matt Lashley/SCO
Is it normal for ifconfig to display all 0's for the MAC address of an OSA interface? eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet addr:172.16.64.3 Mask:255.255.255.248 inet6 addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link UP RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Met

Re: Questions about Linux 2.5 SMP & threading issuesA

2003-07-25 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Friday 25 July 2003 18:06, Malcolm Beattie wrote: > > * No processor affinity (threads are stuck on same CPUs always) > > Huh? Threads aren't "stuck on same CPUs" at all. The issue with > processor affinity is trying to keep related tasks on or near the > same CPUs where appropriate. 2.4

Re: RE : SuSE SLES8 64 bits errors

2003-07-25 Thread Post, Mark K
Herve, Are you running this system as a z/VM guest? If so, are you _sure_ you have it defined to run in 64-bit mode? I find it very strange that the system will come up and run if you have 2GB of storage, but not if you have more. That sounds a lot like some fields that should be 64-bit are bein

Re: PL/I for GCC

2003-07-25 Thread Lucius, Leland
What I'd like to see is a Rexx frontend to GCC. I'd like that VERY much! (Someone please tell me there already is one... ;-)) Leland

JAVA/Linux

2003-07-25 Thread Mike Brauweiler
(NOTE: Cross-posted on DB2-L) We have a java application which is showing rapid garbage collection/allocation failure loops (every 10-15 seconds) when using the IBM DB2 UDB JDBC Drivers, we have seen this in IBMJava2 SR2 and SR5. (Linux is SuSE SLES7; DB2 V7.2) Basically when we issue a query (i

OTRS and z/Linux

2003-07-25 Thread John D Cassidy
Hello all, does anyone have any feedback running OTRS (Trouble ticket system) on SLES8?. Thanks in advance John Cassidy

Re: Db2connect - a quick question

2003-07-25 Thread Henry . Calzaretta
My system has the following line in /etc/inittab: db:234:once:/etc/rc.db2 > /dev/console 2>&1 # Autostart DB2 Services Thanks, Hank Calzaretta Moore Wallace -Original Message- From: James Melin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 1:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subjec

Re: PL/I for GCC

2003-07-25 Thread Adam Thornton
On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 14:28, Ferguson, Neale wrote: > (BTW, I found an OpenRPG project but, alas (or no), it is for Role Playing > Games.) It's really good, too. So is RPM, which is Role Playing Master. Adam

Re: IBM and 600 jobs

2003-07-25 Thread Alan Cox
On Gwe, 2003-07-25 at 18:10, Norman Bollinger wrote: > But I have always wondered why the 3rd world doesn't get lost in the > shuffle because more and more most stuff is made by robots - not all that > hand labor they used to be able to supply at a super low price. > Then it doesn't much matter whi

Re: PL/I for GCC

2003-07-25 Thread Ferguson, Neale
I dunno, Report Program Generation is as equally as lethal (anyone could bore themselves to death in no time)!! -Original Message- Better that than Rocket Propelled Grenades!

Re: PL/I for GCC

2003-07-25 Thread Post, Mark K
Better that than Rocket Propelled Grenades! Mark Post -Original Message- From: Ferguson, Neale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 3:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PL/I for GCC For those who are interested in things PL/I, there's a project on Sourceforge that is

PL/I for GCC

2003-07-25 Thread Ferguson, Neale
For those who are interested in things PL/I, there's a project on Sourceforge that is providing a PL/I frontend to GCC. There appears to be only one developer working on it at the moment but he seems to be making progress. The project is located at http://sourceforge.net/projects/pl1gcc. (BTW, I f

Db2connect - a quick question

2003-07-25 Thread James Melin
Does anyone know off hand, HOW linux starts DB2 connect at IPL? (V 8.1) I cant find anything in /etc/init.d/ or below. I have a problem in which db2dasrrm starts but db2sysc requires me to logon to the db2inst1 ID and issue a db2start which is being run from home/db2inst1/sqllib/adm/db2start. I am

Re: IBM and 600 jobs

2003-07-25 Thread Richard Troth
The problem is a one-dimensional view of the company: focusing solely on "the bottom line". I have a heavy burden to articulate the need for multi-facetted business even at my own employer. I don't think *anyone* is listening. But I believe the few who will might have a chance at success. A

Re: The White House now runs Linux

2003-07-25 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: Lionel Dyck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 12:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: The White House now runs Linux > > > I wonder how sco will ask for the license fee: > > http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21970.html > Small, unma

Re: z/Linux and ICSF?

2003-07-25 Thread Lionel Dyck
Thanks Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line 8/473-5332) E-Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sametime: (use Lotus Note

The White House now runs Linux

2003-07-25 Thread Lionel Dyck
I wonder how sco will ask for the license fee: http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21970.html Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (

Re: z/Linux and ICSF?

2003-07-25 Thread Joe Poole
Lionel, See Chapter 7 of the Redbook SG24-6870, zSeries Crypto Guide Update We haven't tried it yet. On Friday 25 July 2003 13:10, you wrote: > Does linux on Z support the ICSF for crypto? > > > Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Softwar

Re: z/Linux and ICSF?

2003-07-25 Thread Post, Mark K
There's a z90crypt OCO module for it, I believe. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Lionel Dyck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 1:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: z/Linux and ICSF? Does linux on Z support the ICSF for crypto? --

Re: IBM and 600 jobs

2003-07-25 Thread Norman Bollinger
But I have always wondered why the 3rd world doesn't get lost in the shuffle because more and more most stuff is made by robots - not all that hand labor they used to be able to supply at a super low price. Then it doesn't much matter which country it is made in - the robots can work anywhere. Its

z/Linux and ICSF?

2003-07-25 Thread Lionel Dyck
Does linux on Z support the ICSF for crypto? Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line 8/473-5332) E-Mail:[EMA

Re: IBM and 600 jobs

2003-07-25 Thread Post, Mark K
Try more along the lines of a 80-90% pay cut, if you want to compete with the salaries that are being paid in India. This is the next wave of globalization, and will eventually lead to something of a leveling of living standards across the world. The US (and other "first world" countries) has had

RE : SuSE SLES8 64 bits errors

2003-07-25 Thread Jim Sibley
"EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended /dev/vg1/lv6 on /tmp type ext2 (rw)" Have you checked fstab? Something is expecting ext2. = Jim Sibley Implementor of Linux on zSeries in the beautiful Silicon Valley "Computer are useless.They can only give answers." Pab

Re: Gartner speaks

2003-07-25 Thread Gregg C Levine
Hello from Gregg C Levine What? Oh, ah, being the Microsoft Yes Men. At the time that was the correct thing to do. These days, when I hear about a new report for that group, I have to ask about its credibility. --- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: Questions about Linux 2.5 SMP & threading issues

2003-07-25 Thread Malcolm Beattie
Gustasson, Julian X writes: > Yesterday, one of my colleagues forwarded me the following note (from an > as-of-yet unidentified third party): > > --- > "I've listed out the main performance problems with 2.5. The point here is > that, I'll assume the author means 2.4 since 2.5

Re: No Subject

2003-07-25 Thread Jim Sibley
As to patenting compilers, OS, and languages, that is why "C" has become the "standard", ugly as it is. It could be obtained by universities for free, so that is what everyone is learning before they have to do real work. What good is a language on the internet that has no real string data type or

Re: Gartner speaks

2003-07-25 Thread Ronald Wells
what was correct to do---bring os2 down or amdahl ??

Re: Gartner speaks

2003-07-25 Thread Gregg C Levine
Hello from Gregg C Levine Want to see something strange? Phil is right. I remember that argument. Gartner was actually saying, and doing, the right thing there. I wonder why that was their only correctly done thing? --- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: Secure Remote tn3270 access

2003-07-25 Thread Adam Thornton
On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 10:42, Peter Webb, Toronto Transit Commission wrote: > We are using C3270 running on mainframe Linux and PuTTY on the client to do > this. Works fine, even though we don't need the encryption we get from SSH. > (We use a private dial-up server to access our LAN.) I wonder if t

Re: Secure Remote tn3270 access

2003-07-25 Thread Peter Webb, Toronto Transit Commission
We are using C3270 running on mainframe Linux and PuTTY on the client to do this. Works fine, even though we don't need the encryption we get from SSH. (We use a private dial-up server to access our LAN.) I wonder if there is an open source screen scraper to replace PuTTY with a browser interface?

Re: IBM and 600 jobs

2003-07-25 Thread Ken Dreger
I guess they are just oblivious to the thought that the "Intellectual Property" may be compromised ! Try to prosecute someone in another country for stealing your IP, good luck ! We have a partner who just convinced a local LARGE bank to not go offshore for it's IT division, because of the "RISK" f

Re: Questions about Linux 2.5 SMP & threading issues

2003-07-25 Thread Rich Smrcina
I can't comment on all of those 'flaws', but I'll just say that there are lots of people (including our customers) that are running DB2 Connect on Linux for S/390 to access VSE and OS/390 databases (and vice-versa) and they are running just fine. They've not had any performance complaints that wer

Re: Secure Remote tn3270 access

2003-07-25 Thread Adam Thornton
On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 09:50, Alan Altmark wrote: > On Friday, 07/25/2003 at 09:28 EST, Adam Thornton > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We don't have any plans to make it web-accessible. Instead, it looks > > like something that speaks SSH waiting on port 22 of the VM stack, and > > something that

Questions about Linux 2.5 SMP & threading issues

2003-07-25 Thread Gustasson, Julian X
Yesterday, one of my colleagues forwarded me the following note (from an as-of-yet unidentified third party): --- "I've listed out the main performance problems with 2.5. The point here is that, given what you're doing with DB2 Connect, Linux would be a ridiculous choice prior

Re: IBM and 600 jobs

2003-07-25 Thread Kenneth Illingsworth
Everyone is doing it. Locally, The Sutherland Group has 2000 employees in India providing telephone technical support. Those jobs used to be here, but it's hard not to move them there when they can save 40% off the top. >From what I hear there are thousands of programmers in India's highly train

Re: Gartner speaks

2003-07-25 Thread Ronald Wells
Yes---I remember that one very clearly Gartner has always been a puppet and advocate to Microsoft for as long as I can remember ... Basically anything against IBM for that matter ... and I been in this for 35 years and now people are seeing this --- amazing ...

Re: Secure Remote tn3270 access

2003-07-25 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 07/25/2003 at 09:28 EST, Adam Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We don't have any plans to make it web-accessible. Instead, it looks > like something that speaks SSH waiting on port 22 of the VM stack, and > something that speaks telnet-over-SSL waiting on port 992. It's merely >

Re: IBM and 600 jobs

2003-07-25 Thread Phil Payne
> Did anybody pickup the article that IBM was shipping another 600 > jobs to outside the US ? IBM is a _global_ company. Before the EU came into existence, IBM distributed its manufacturing around Europe. The /168 in the, the /158 in France, DASD in Germany, etc. This allowed it to claim that

Re: I've reorganized my web site (www.homerow.net) - no new conte nt

2003-07-25 Thread Lucius, Leland
> Looks real good... > Thanks much. (I hate doing cleanup kind of stuff and it's been nagging at me for a while.) Leland

Re: Gartner speaks

2003-07-25 Thread Phil Payne
> It's been my perception for a number of years that Gartner is largely a > Microsoft mouthpiece. It depends. During the OS2 vs Windows 95 (Chicago) battle Gartner published some research suggesting the cost per seat of Windows 95 would be several times the cost of OS2. Then there was an "Thum

Re: Secure Remote tn3270 access

2003-07-25 Thread Adam Thornton
On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 07:40, Marist EDU wrote: > We are currently using CheckPoint Firewall SecuRemote to provide remote > access to our road-warrior users. Really, the only access they need is > tn3270. Is anyone aware of an open source, secure way I could provide them > access. > > I ran accros

IBM and 600 jobs

2003-07-25 Thread Ken Dreger
Did anybody pickup the article that IBM was shipping another 600 jobs to outside the US ? Kenneth G. Dreger Director of Information Services & Technology Member Southern California HTCIA Member Of Orange County ISSA Member Of LA Infraguard MVS, OS390 & z/OS Systems & support, Capacity & Per

Re: I've reorganized my web site (www.homerow.net) - no new content

2003-07-25 Thread Ken Dreger
Looks real good... Ken At 09:10 AM 7/25/2003 -0500, you wrote: So, if anyone is linking to it, ya might wanna check your links. I've been meaning to do it for a while, just never got around to it. Leland Kenneth G. Dreger Director of Information Services & Technology Member Southern Californ

Re: What's stopping SCO from doctoring...

2003-07-25 Thread Phil Payne
> Just for the record... Diesel locomotives *are* electric locomotives The wheels > on a diesel are turned by electric motors; the diesel engine is used to run a generator only. Not all of them. A few are (or were) diesel-hydraulic. The Adtranz Turbostars run by Midland Mainline here in th

Re: Secure Remote tn3270 access

2003-07-25 Thread David Boyes
If you can wait about a week, I have something in the works to provide limited SSH access to VM systems. If you can't wait (and have z/VM 4.3 or higher), then set up the SSLSERV service with VM TCPIP and give them a SSL-enabled tn3270 client. -- db David Boyes Sine Nomine Associates > -Ori

Re: Gartner speaks

2003-07-25 Thread John Summerfield
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Loren Charnley, Jr. wrote: > James, > > Actually the z800 and z900 are classified as Enterprise Servers, so in > effect, you no longer have a mainframe Not so: http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aibm.com%20mainframe%20z800&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-

I've reorganized my web site (www.homerow.net) - no new content

2003-07-25 Thread Lucius, Leland
So, if anyone is linking to it, ya might wanna check your links. I've been meaning to do it for a while, just never got around to it. Leland

Re: Strange ideas was RE: [LINUX-390] No Subject

2003-07-25 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: Adam Thornton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 9:03 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Strange ideas was RE: [LINUX-390] No Subject > > > On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 04:13, John Summerfield wrote: > > Prior art: smoking bees. > > I tried

Re: Strange ideas was RE: [LINUX-390] No Subject

2003-07-25 Thread Adam Thornton
On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 04:13, John Summerfield wrote: > Prior art: smoking bees. I tried smoking bees, but I just got my lips stung, so now I stick to cough syrup. Adam

SCO's war on Linux: Should you be scared?

2003-07-25 Thread Peter Webb, Toronto Transit Commission
One of the guys in the office sent this to me. Canadian Linux users say they have nothing to fear from SCO's plan to seek licensing fees from enterprises that have deployed the open source operating system. > http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=53004 > ___

Re: Gartner speaks

2003-07-25 Thread James Melin
Well damn the marketing department for killing the mainframe! |-+> | | "Loren Charnley, | | | Jr." | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | DOLLAR.com> | | | Sent by

IBM reassures customers on SCO Suit

2003-07-25 Thread Lionel Dyck
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2003/7/25/technology/5924294&sec=technology SCO suit: IBM moves to reassure customers NEW YORK: IBM Corp is moving to reassure its customers about legal threats by SCO Group Inc, the software company that has accused IBM of distributing code it own

Re: Secure Remote tn3270 access

2003-07-25 Thread John Summerfield
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Marist EDU wrote: > We are currently using CheckPoint Firewall SecuRemote to provide remote > access to our road-warrior users. Really, the only access they need is > tn3270. Is anyone aware of an open source, secure way I could provide them > access. > A mate and I have ju

Re: Gartner speaks

2003-07-25 Thread Loren Charnley, Jr.
James, Actually the z800 and z900 are classified as Enterprise Servers, so in effect, you no longer have a mainframe Loren Charnley, Jr. Tech Support Administrator Family Dollar Stores, Inc. Phone: (704) 847-6961 Ext. 2000 > -Original Message- > From: James Melin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Gartner speaks

2003-07-25 Thread Ronald Wells
Here here>>> and hope your feeling better >> about time someone hit the nail on the head >>

Re: Secure Remote tn3270 access

2003-07-25 Thread John Leach
I am doing a similar project and use Seagull"s Bluezone software that I highly recommend. On the free side check out X3270. The new version will provide SSL support. >From the X3270 home page: x3270 3.3 is the future development line for x3270. It is functionally equivalent to x3270 3.2.20, wi

Re: Secure Remote tn3270 access

2003-07-25 Thread Wilson, Eric
Josh; I hope your ASCII art is releaseed under GPL. I like it a lot. I'd like to use it too if you have no objections to my lack of creativity. Cheers; E! - Eric Wilson IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert RedHat Certified Engineer .~. /V\ /( )\ ^^-^^ -Origin

Secure Remote tn3270 access

2003-07-25 Thread Marist EDU
We are currently using CheckPoint Firewall SecuRemote to provide remote access to our road-warrior users. Really, the only access they need is tn3270. Is anyone aware of an open source, secure way I could provide them access. I ran accross a product called Mindterm which gives ssh access, but wh

News Software

2003-07-25 Thread Paul Trammell
Asian Linux: Some keen, others cool Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Gartner Australia? I thought it was just an American curse. http://netscape.com.com/2100-1104_2-5053537.html Paul

There is some sanity in the world!

2003-07-25 Thread Paul Trammell
One important section of the Linux market, large companies, so far don't seem fazed by SCO Group's warnings that Linux violates its Unix intellectual property, according to a study released Thursday. http://netscape.com.com/2100-1104_2-5053636.html Paul

Re: What's stopping SCO from doctoring...

2003-07-25 Thread Hannes Reinecke
Gregg C Levine wrote: Hello again from Gregg C Levine Why yes. As it happens, I remember visiting one, a diesel locomotive that belonged to the Penn Central, about, oh, thirty-three years back. I was amazed as to how much water the thing carried in its tanks for cooling. The visit was back inside G

Re: Gartner speaks

2003-07-25 Thread Rod Furey
Apart from the fact that I gave Gartner up years ago (when they said that the mainframe was dead - it's them and the idiot managers who think that the toy that they have at home can run an enterprise level business who I blame for the lack of jobs that I and many other highly skilled sysprogs are s

Re: 2003-07-25 Linux code drop to developerWorks

2003-07-25 Thread Lucius, Leland
Cool, another one of my patches made it in. That's all a person can as for... Description: : Incorrect cache index determination Symptom: random kernel oops Problem: The incorrect comparison caused the wrong cache line to be selected for maximum size requests. Solution: fixed the comparison Probl

Re: Strange ideas was RE: [LINUX-390] No Subject

2003-07-25 Thread John Summerfield
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Wesley Parish wrote: > Scientific American > http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0001A3E4-764F-1ED9-8E1C809EC588EF21 > has some beauties. To witless: > > Warren portal identification and tunnel resident disgorger system, patent > 6,474,601, Richard Krobusek and David H

Re: Strange ideas was RE: [LINUX-390] No Subject

2003-07-25 Thread Wesley Parish
Scientific American http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0001A3E4-764F-1ED9-8E1C809EC588EF21 has some beauties. To witless: Warren portal identification and tunnel resident disgorger system, patent 6,474,601, Richard Krobusek and David H. Hitt of Plano, Tex.6,474,601, Richard Krobusek and D

The joke continues

2003-07-25 Thread John Summerfield
Will Uncle Sam save us? http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/31955.html -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.

Re: SCO Execs make a million from recent stock sales

2003-07-25 Thread John Summerfield
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Herve Bonvin wrote: > http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7263 > > business as usual ... So Jeff Hunsaker sold 5000 of almost 35000. Thomas Raimondi acquired the right to buy 10,000 shares at 6.13. Steven Cakebread acquired the right to buy 10,

2003-07-25 Linux code drop to developerWorks

2003-07-25 Thread Gerhard Hiller
Please see the "What's New" page at: http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/whatsnew.shtml for a change summary of the 2003-07-25 additions and changes to the Linux for zSeries and S/390 developerWorks-pages. o "June 2003 stream": - kernel 2.4.21 patch with recommen

SCO Execs make a million from recent stock sales

2003-07-25 Thread Herve Bonvin
http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7263 business as usual ...