From: pSeries AIX Geek (aixgeek@YAHOO.COM)
Date: Fri Jun 20 2003 - 13:22:00 EDT
I guess I don't share your enthusiasm with regard to
whether or not management follows the recommendations
of the technical folks.
In my environment (a Fortune 500 IT oursourcer with
lots of AIX clients), the application people and the
customers make the decisions on which OS they plan to
use, generally. Yes, that's not really the way it
should work, but that's the way it is...
Now, maybe this is all for naught, but I can see
distinct possibilities where it can affect things...
--- "Green, Simon" <Simon.Green@EU.ALTRIA.COM> wrote:
> pSeries AIX Geek wrote:
> >
> > The only concern is the opportunity for Sun to
> steal
> > back market share by winking that IBM and its
> > customers might be in trouble. You don't think
> some
> > clueless suit might shy away from IBM because of
> the
> > "possibility" of an AIX licensing issue?
>
> Never underestimate the stupidity of management. :-)
>
> However, I'd be surprised if it made a significant
> difference. The people with the purse strings care
> about money. They'll see that IBM has loads and SCO
> has none and trust that IBM will take care of
> things.
>
> Folks such as ourselves will continue to make
> decisions/recommendations based on technical
> matters,
> so again: no difference.
>
> Finally, are Sun safe? IBM claim there's no case to
> answer; they've got an irrevocable licence which SCO
> can't touch. The only difference between that and
> Sun's position is that SCO haven't chosen to sue
> Sun.
> If they beat IBM who's to say they won't?
>
> Linux take-up may suffer in the short term, but it
> could benefit eventually if the GPL gets tested in
> court.
>
> Simon Green
> Altria ITSC Europe s.a.r.l.
>
> AIX-L Archive at
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> AIX FAQ at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/aix-faq/
>
> N.B. Unsolicited email from vendors will not be
appreciated.
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