[TriLUG] Novell & Microsoft - sleeping with the enemy

[Andrew C. Oliver]

I imagine the pSeries running Linux is fairly nice.  Unfortunately, in 
the wild it tends to be found in an AIX variety.
AIX's real-world I/O and Network performance is a marvel....and its Java 
Virtual Machine (at least the 1.42 versions) were a
form of water torture (an experiment in retro-memory management).  
However, dang I like those chips....I doubt it is a hardware issue.

-Andy

Mike Shaw wrote:
> On 3/16/07, Magnus <magnus at trilug.org> wrote:
>>
>> Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
>> > And maybe they aren't running OS/2 and Lotus Notes either :-)
>>
>>
>> So I'm sitting in my lab at IBM... haven't seen OS/2 in years but sadly
>> I do still see Notes every day.  C'est la vie.
>>
>> But the Linux stuff I get to play with... ahhhhhh so very nice.
>>
>> I'd tell you all about pSeries hardware and how it would revolutionize
>> the lives of most Linux sysadmins here but I'd sound like a commercial.
>> I'm just a knuckle dragging contractor here, no marketing slime, but
>> I've honestly been very impressed with the commitment IBM has put into
>> Open Source and especially Linux.  I feel lucky to be a part of that
>> effort.
>>
>> Glad things are peachy in pSeries land.  I work with an i386 Linux 
>> product
> and let's just say we laugh everytime we see the IBM Linux marketing.  
> BTW,
> I laugh harder when hear about IBM desktop initiative stuff. Just goes to
> show you "Life Ain't So Good" everywhere.  :)
>
> l8r,
>
> Mike