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IBM's Linux Upgrade Roadmap

Posted by michael on from the cheat-sheet dept.

petrus4 writes "IBM have put together a nine-part series on upgrading from various incarnations of Windows (NT in particular) to Linux. Although it's mainly aimed at corporate customers, it's a good read, and could help the Linux advocacy effort in general."

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  1. IBM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Am I the only one who gets a tingly feeling deep inside when I read about IBM and linux? It just feels so nice to be backed by a mountain of hard cold cash ^_^

  2. IBM Solution to Linux in 3 Easy Steps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Buy any machine equipped with an IBM Travelstar or Deskstar Hard drive.
    2. Install Windows OS and any related applications
    3. After the IBM drive crashes and destroys your data (6 to 8 mos), you can install Linux without worrying about prior data.

  3. Re:Good to See by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    First point on roadmap.

    Change businessmodel from:
    1: Do stuff.
    2: sell it.
    3: Profit!

    To:
    1: Do stuff.
    2: Give it away for free.
    3: Hmmm.....

  4. Mmmm. Nine-Part-Series by blair1q · · Score: 3, Funny

    Upgrading from WinNT to WinXPPro:

    1. Insert disk. Answer questions.
    2. The usual ???
    3. Profit.

    Upgrading from WinNT to Linux:

    1. Delegate to line manager to hire transition team.
    2. Study IBM's 9-part series on upgrading systems.
    3. Days into weeks into months of unusual ???
    4. Hold post mortem on cost overruns and continuing bugs.
    5. Fire transition team and manager.
    6. Hire consulting firm to manage systems.
    7. Look for ways to cut costs elsewhere to cover P&L ass.
    8. Hope nobody asks ???
    9. Loss.

  5. Re:roadmap?? by bj8rn · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Roadmaps" are for sheep anyway

    Yeah! Roadmaps are for sheep! Real Men pretend to know where they're going!

    --
    Hell is not other people; it is yourself. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
  6. Re:/grin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Linux install:
    Place CD in drive
    install (follow instructions)
    reboot
    done.

    Windows install
    Place CD in drive
    copy files needed for install
    reboot
    detect devices
    reboot
    detect pnp
    reboot
    install networking
    reboot
    configure networking
    reboot

    ( for each application )
    install application
    reboot

    Need I say more

  7. Re:Nice to be backed by IBM ... by gstoddart · · Score: 3, Funny
    IBM and M$ have been peeing in each other's lemonade for years now. There's bad blood there.

    'Jeez man, mix metahpors all you like, but those two make for a nasty visual. :-P
    --
    Lost at C:>. Found at C.
  8. Re:Mmmm. Nine-Part-Series by blair1q · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your mistake:

    Relying on the intricate parts of an operating system in the first place.

  9. What Linux Does Best by Craig+Milo+Rogers · · Score: 2, Funny

    Section 7, Networking, includes the statement, "In fact, networking is one of the things that Linux does best." I expected Tigger to leap out of the page at me!

    --
    Craig Milo Rogers