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To: Paul Engel who wrote (162609)	3/20/2002 3:58:27 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, with regard to IBM and Linux, there were some exchanges on the Dell thread about IBM's commitment to that OS, thought I'd bring them over here. Both John and Rudedog are contributors on this thread also. IBM is the right horse to ride WRT Intel servers on Linux, what with their complete range of servers, and strongest Services group in the industry, to help pull through sales. Of course, the other horses (Dell, Compaq, HP) aren't bad either. To:Tony Viola who wrote (169028) From: John Koligman Thursday, Mar 14, 2002 2:25 PM View Replies (1) \| Respond to of 169097 Hi Tony, I'm fine, and it's good to hear from you. The folks I talk with here deal with the mainframe products, and they are pretty high on the new cheaper mainframe that IBM just released that runs LINUX. This box will not run older legacy IBM software products, such as database code, etc, but will run most new stuff. The guys seem to feel IBM will really be pushing this and they are pretty excited about it. I'm not sure how this is related to Intel powered boxes, but I will ask them. Regards, John To:Tony Viola who wrote (169028) From: rudedog Thursday, Mar 14, 2002 3:00 PM View Replies (1) \| Respond to of 169097 Tony - IBM is pushing the general Linux infrastructure, which plays to both their mainframe variant and the Intel based (and non-Intel based) Linux strains. They are also doing a lot of work to make the mainframe Linux viable as a true resource-sharing VM. The latter has no implication for DELL that I can see. To:Tony Viola who wrote (169028) From: John Koligman Thursday, Mar 14, 2002 11:05 PM Respond to of 169097 Tony, info I got back today from an IBM acquaintance jives exactly with what Rudedog says. Linux will run on everything from the mainframe on down to the smaller Intel powered boxes... Regards, John Tony