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
>  
>