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Managing Linux and Virtual Machines?

deijmaster asks: "For a couple of months we have been hearing (as a major consulting firm) IBM people pushing the possibility of installing a Z/Linux VM setup at one of our biggest clients (financial). To a Linux user such as myself this sounds great, at first. Now, I am a bit reluctant when it comes to managing this kind of infrastructure, with little or no local expertise at IBM. Has anyone gone through a Z/Linux VM corporate installation and lived through the management of such a solution?"

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  1. GNAA Announces acquisition of SCO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    GNAA Announces acquisition of SCO
    By Tim Copperfield
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    GNAA today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the intellectual property and technology assets of The SCO Group, a leading provider of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, based in Lindon, Utah. GNAA's acquisition of SCO technology will help GNAA sign up more members worldwide. In addition to developing new solutions, GNAA will use SCO engineering expertise and technology to enhance the GNAA member services.

    "I'd love to see these GNAA types slowly consumed by millions of swarming microbes and converted into harmless and useful biochemicals." said an anonymous slashdot poster, blinded by the GNAA success in achieving first post on a popular geek news website, slashdot.org.

    "This GNAA shit is getting out of hand. Slashdot needs troll filters. Or better yet a crap flood mod that I can exclude from my browsing. Seriously, a good troll is art, what you dumb fucks are doing is just plain stupid." said spacecowboy420.

    macewan, on linuxquestions said "Thanks for that link to the SCO quotes page. My guess is that they want to be bought out. Hrm, think they want GNAA to buy them??"

    After careful consideration and debate, GNAA board of directors agreed to purchase 6,426,600 preferred shares and 113,102 common shares (the equivalent of 150,803 ADSs) of SCO, for an aggregate consideration of approximately US$26.9 million and approximately $40 million for gay niggers that were working in Lindon, Utah offices of The SCO Group.

    If all goes well, the final decision is to be expected shortly, followed by transfer of most SCO niggers from their Lindon, UT offices to the GNAA Headquarters in New York.

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  2. Use Windows by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Try using Windows

  3. I can tell you this, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OMFG have you seen the Halo 2 trailer it's like slow and it's telling you all the stuff you did in the first one then the music kicks in and and the chief comes out and gets a gun the earf is on fire and chief is like fuck this im jumping and HE JUMPS PUT OF TEH SPACESHIP with angels singing and he lands on the bad guys and that annoying ai lady is like GO GET EM TIGER! WILDCAT IS ON TEH SPOKE!!!~`1 and theres less polys but rawkin bumb mappings you can view this on a special MICROSOFT xbox disk that comes with EB games store.

  4. Re:Linux/390 resources by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here is a good article on the subject.

  5. Re:No fear... by mnmlst · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I use VMWare all the time. Getting pretty good with it. It gets a bit squirrely with hardware like my keychain drive yesterday that locked it cold. BTW, your sig reads like Yoda's. Was that intentional?

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    In principio erat Verbum.
  6. Re:Real-time encryption by Jenolen · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Darn typo... *someone*

    Aye was sure the I run a spill chuck on that least post.

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    Karma is like sex. I can't remember the last time I had either of them.
  7. Sell Linux to RIAA by RIAAwakka_nakka_bakk · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And make them more profitable!

  8. Re:Linux/390 resources by EugeneK · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't go bringing Jabba the Hut into this...

  9. window's main advantage over linux on the desktop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've been doing some research about various operating systems (OSes), and I thought I'd search through some edu sites, since most valuable information about OSes comes from there. I ended up finding a study that applied traditional statistology techniques to try to determine what the main advantages various OSes had:
    (edu site, reputable)
    The reference to freecell hardware acceleration confused me at first, but I assume it has to do with proprietary extensions to the latest graphics hardware. Obviously it doesn't refer to dedicated freecell expansion cards, since we don't have the necessary technology yet (though I'm sure someone is working on it).

    In any case, there you have it. With its high freecell quotient, windows has the main advantage on the desktop (server applications for freecell are strictly research for now, I believe).

  10. Re:Linux/390 resources by dylan_- · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    people say "What's a Marist?"
    They're like Commuists and Sociaists!
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    Igor Presnyakov stole my hat
  11. Re:Linux/390 resources by finkployd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Except for when it comes to Linux on the mainframe, Marist is well known in that community.

    Finkployd