[Am-info] IBM Linux

[Geoffrey]

John Poltorak wrote:
> I've seen a number of stories today about IBM signing some big deal with 
> the German government to provide Linux based systems...
> 
> I was under the impression that IBM was a RedHat proponent, but this deal 
> seems to be to provide SuSE based systems, which isn't too surprising 
> since SuSE is a German company.
> 
> Is there much difference between RedHat and SuSE?

Yes.  The are both rpm based distributions, but the install process is 
completely different and they store configuration parameters differently.

> 
> If Linux takes off in a big way with the German government, it may well 
> get adopted as the preferred OS through the EU. That wouldn't be too bad 
> at all...
> 
> 
> 


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