Re: certified plattforms for domino 6.5.1

Hi all!

First of all Thanks to anybody, who helped me with the supported os stuff. 
Im a little bit frustrated by now, that there is allways something like: 
"Sorry, your os is not supported..."

I allways thought that linux is linux, no matter if the box said RedHat, 
SuSE, debian, slackware, ...

But IBM is trying to persuade me of something else! If you have customers, 
who used their debian servers for years by now, than how can you tell 
them, that they have to change their distribution because they do _not_ 
get support by IBM. So that is the point, why I am feeling some kind of 
frustrated...

"Bernd Glueckert" <[email protected]> wrote on 09.02.2004 
16:16:17:

> 
> Hi Andy, 
> 
> SuSE tells us: "Don't worry. United Linux 1.0 is not more than SuSE 
> 8.2 Professional." 
> 
> But SuSE tells us: "We have some contracts regarding the current 
> United Linux system, but we don't like to work on further United 
> Linux Releases" (together with SCO). 
> 
> See: http://www.suse.
> de/de/company/press/press_releases/archive04/ul_future.html 
> 
> United Linux 1.0 will be supported for some years and in the 
> meantime we will have a Novell SuSE Linux. Or not. 
> 
> You're right, this isn't the way to work together with professional 
> customers, but SuSE has a lot of difficulties to migrate in Utah. So
> we have a situation similar to M$: We have to wait for miracles. The
> short contact to the SuSE company is historical and it's a bit 
> difficult to trust in the Novell company. 
> 
> My experience is telling me, that we have to read the IBM papers 
> very carefully!!! 
> 
> But nice to read, that your domino servers are running on Debian. 
> Are there some informations available? 
 
The other thing is getting a domino server to work on a debian box is not 
that hard. I administer some productive dominos on debian. So if anybody 
needs something to know, just let me know. There are only a few steps, 
that have to be done to make it work.  

> 
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
> 
> 
> Bernd Glückert
> IT & Qualitätsmanagement
> 
> ElektroPhysik
> Dr. Steingroever GmbH & Co. KG
> Pasteurstraße 15
> 50735 Köln
> Germany
> 
> Tel: +49 221 75204-44
> Fax: +49 221 75204-45
> 
Again, thanks!
Andy 
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