Re: userspace breakage

["Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com>]

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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