LXer: IBM Offers Migration Guide for Linux as Free Download | Linux Today

LXer: IBM Offers Migration Guide for Linux as Free Download

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 7, 2006

[ Thanks to Mike
Dolan
for this link. ]

“Solaris to Linux Migration: A Guide for System Administrators
helps system administrators who want to move their in-house code to
faster, better, less costly Linux servers. I have met government
agencies and enterprise customers who have wanted to discuss this
topic on more than a few occassions. I typically sit in on
discussions where Linux runs everything except something from Sun
that hasn’t made it through migration.

“‘We’d like to get off this old expensive Sun equipment, but we
just can’t.’ Well, plenty of people have, but it required an ISV to
port their in-house proprietary code to Linux…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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