Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-27 Thread James Melin
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Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-27 Thread David Boyes
Not entirely we think: LSB does help in the the layout for scripts, like /usr/local/xxx for sendmail and /etc/init.d etc, but the two main distros we certify Rh adv srv and SuSE SLES both seemingly will have differences in the near future in respects to libs, SLES will be taking an

Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread Dave Jousma
All, I'm about ready to put up our first linux lpar, and have another question or two. This question is causing alot of confusion for us. We are getting ready to put up SuSe linux, and also want to put up a couple of relevent applications to actually do a pilot test. When an vendor

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread Rich Smrcina
There are lots of examples of customers using DB2 on Linux for S/390. Feel free to contact me for more information. One of the largest motivating factors involved in getting vendors to port their code to Linux for S/390 is customers. Jim Elliott can certainly tell you if and when, but if it

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread Dave Jousma
/Corporate/Spartan) Subject:Re: Another distribution question There are lots of examples of customers using DB2 on Linux for S/390. Feel free to contact me for more information. One of the largest motivating factors involved in getting vendors to port their code to Linux for S/390

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread Chris Rohrbach
Java aside, applications written to run on Linux are source code compatible, not binary compatible. In the case of most commercial programs, where source code is generally not available to customers, you depend on the source code owner to compile and test their code for each new Linux platform.

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread paultz
Or is this another black-eye for the mainframe(like Unix System Services was from a pure UNIX perspective) where it's not quite ready for prime-time, and is just different enough that there are not enough apps available yet. I think Linux is progressing much faster than USS did in its infancy.

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread Rich Smrcina
I wouldn't take that for granted. If it doesn't specifically mention Linux for S/390, ask the vendor (or see if Jim responds). On Tuesday 26 November 2002 08:26 am, you wrote: Rich, Thanks for the response. You didn't answer my question however. The question was, if a vendor app says it is

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread James Melin
: | | Subject: Re: Another distribution question | --| Rich, Thanks

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread Post, Mark K
]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 8:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Another distribution question All, I'm about ready to put up our first linux lpar, and have another question or two. This question is causing alot of confusion for us. We are getting ready to put up SuSe linux

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread David Boyes
This question is causing alot of confusion for us. We are getting ready to put up SuSe linux, and also want to put up a couple of relevent applications to actually do a pilot test. When an vendor application says it is certified to run on SuSe(or Redhat) distribution, does that mean it

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread John Summerfield
On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Dave Jousma wrote: Rich, Thanks for the response. You didn't answer my question however. The question was, if a vendor app says it is certified to run on SuSe linux, can it run on SuSe linux on any of the supported SuSe Linux platforms? For example, for INFORMIX,

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread John Summerfield
On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Dave Jousma wrote: Thanks all for the responses. For us, this is a chicken and egg thing. We are just testing the waters, so to speak, so we are not ready to call any vendor(s) to see if they will play in the 390 environment. You have answered my question, though. The

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread Gregg C Levine
Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Summerfield Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Another distribution question On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Dave Jousma wrote: Thanks all for the responses

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread Jon R. Doyle
- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Summerfield Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Another distribution question On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Dave Jousma wrote: Thanks all for the responses. For us

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread John Summerfield
On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Gregg C Levine wrote: Hello from Gregg C Levine Something else we need to consider here. Why would each distributor actually distribute the freely available version of say, sendmail, and not insist on certification for it? John, if it wasn't certified then, it sure as

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread Gregg C Levine
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Another distribution question We do certifiy through normal QA process SuSE SLES, RH Adv Srv for example on Intel systems, and SuSE SLES on zSeries, this is the commercial products, and I mention this because the thread started about Oracle from what I read

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread Gregg C Levine
dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda ) -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Summerfield Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 5:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Another distribution question On Tue, 26 Nov 2002

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread John Summerfield
On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Jon R. Doyle wrote: We do certifiy through normal QA process SuSE SLES, RH Adv Srv for example on Intel systems, and SuSE SLES on zSeries, this is the commercial products, and I mention this because the thread started about Oracle from what I read. Oracle has several

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread Jon R. Doyle
Not entirely we think: LSB does help in the the layout for scripts, like /usr/local/xxx for sendmail and /etc/init.d etc, but the two main distros we certify Rh adv srv and SuSE SLES both seemingly will have differences in the near future in respects to libs, SLES will be taking an approach with

Re: Another distribution question

2002-11-26 Thread Alan Cox
On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 23:16, David Boyes wrote: Does the introduction of the LSB and the informal certification scripts for LSB 1.x compliance address this at all? I'm thinking that if the application is written to be LSB x.y compliant, then it should work and be supportable on other LSB x.y