Comment IBM supports Linux?? (Score 2) 167
Does IBM really support Linux? Or just RPM based GNU/Linux Distributions?
Have you ever tried to install DB2 on a Debian box? It's possible, but only after a lot of tweaking, and, you are on your own... Probably the same is true for other non-RPM based distros.
On a web event done by IBM I asked for DB2 support for other distributions. They were kind enough to answer (that's good), but the answer was most disappointing.
I think this problem exists for evey IBM product for Linux.
So, my first whish is: Support for non RPM distributions, like oracle BTW.
I'd also like to see DB2 client libraries freed, so that DB2 could be easily (out of the box) supported be free software. Like gnome-db for instance.
Have you ever tried to install DB2 on a Debian box? It's possible, but only after a lot of tweaking, and, you are on your own... Probably the same is true for other non-RPM based distros.
On a web event done by IBM I asked for DB2 support for other distributions. They were kind enough to answer (that's good), but the answer was most disappointing.
I think this problem exists for evey IBM product for Linux.
So, my first whish is: Support for non RPM distributions, like oracle BTW.
I'd also like to see DB2 client libraries freed, so that DB2 could be easily (out of the box) supported be free software. Like gnome-db for instance.
