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IBM (Offically) Launches Linux Box Clustering

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-official-story dept.

Neumsy writes " IBM has offically announced that it is releasing Linux-Based Server, Software Packages. Yahoo! News has the story . According to IBM, this will expand the use of Linux. It's a good overview article. Not too much in depth, but still nice to see Linux getting out there more and more."

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  1. Wine needs to look to IBM for guidance... by Havokmon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This article shows EXACTLY what is needed to move from a 'developer only', beta system into a commercial arena.

    At this point, Wine for most end-users is only usable when accessing an existing Windows installation. Hell, the damn thing has a reg file that you're supposed to know (by osmosis apparently) you need to import to get some standalone functionality out of Wine.

    The corporate arena is the place where anything Linux will take off, and be rewarding to the creators (be it beer, money, or recognition).

    It must be accepted that Wine will NEVER run all Win32 apps. First and foremost, a frontend for running Win32 programs, independant of a pre-existing Windows installation, is needed.

    Look at IBM. Sure, clustering exists in Linux. But now IBM is bringing it to the masses.

    What does Wine need to do?

    Include registry settings. (or auto-import)

    Create a module for running Win32 exes without calling Wine (such as the Odin project does in OS/2)

    Update the damn documentation. (This really should be last, because in reality, people don't want to spend an hour reading documentation, when their app just may not work.) So start with a Quick "Hit List", or script.

    CodeWeavers has started this... But I don't think the initial Text File setup is nearly as much of a problem as capturing registry settings to get Apps to work in Wine Correctly. See Novell ZenWorks to see how this part is done right.

    I suppose this is probably OT, but IBM does have some shining examples of "The way it SHOULD be done."

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  2. and.. by TheRain · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    but still nice to see Linux getting out there more and more."

    ... and more and more and more and..

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  3. Re:Hopefully... by czardonic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Shouldn't that be "dept"?

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