Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:59:38 -0700 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: userspace breakage |
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Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
>On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 16:54 -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: >[....] > > >>The fact that Oracle and IBM support apps on Linux are Freeloading? Baloney! >>Linux benefits by having the choice of al these applications. >> >> > >Do they have binary-only kernel modules or user-space apps? > > > >>(P.S. I have heard through the grapevine IBM is putting emphasis on AIX >>as their platform and are actively telling this to large customers -- >>can you verify this and are you aware of it) >> >> > >Not knwoing any inner IBM things, the simple commercial explanation is: >If a customer buys AIX, he is forced to buy the hardware at IBM. And IBM >is a hardware selling (and consulting) company anyways, it never was a >"software company". > >
The lawsuit is impacting their sales finally. They are telling this to folks they are moving off Linux long term. I don't know if it's a smoke screen due to the lawsuit or an actual technical business decision. I would guess they are making a back door to pull out if the lawsuit goes south. Looks like it might be based on filings on the 12/22 but I don't know for certain.
Jeff
> Bernd > >
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