Re: [TCLUG:22484] The mission 0f the Mn Linux group

[Dave Sherohman <esper@sherohman.org>]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 11:10:33AM -0500, John R. Sheets wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 11, 2000, Dave Sherohman <esper@sherohman.org> wrote:
> >
> > - I've heard that linux is taking over the commercial unix world, not only by
> > replacing unix installations, but also in that commercial unices are moving
> > towards standardizing on linux-compatibility.  But I haven't seen any hard
> > data or official statements to back that up.
> 
> You mean like the IBM/Redhat deal announced today on slashdot?

Not quite...  My impresstion is that such a deal would, effectively, mean
getting rid of (or at least de-emphasizing) AIX and replacing it with RH.
The rumors I was referring to would be more along the lines of AIX being kept
at center stage, but made more linux-like.

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