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From: James W. Kilgore <eMail@James-W-Kilgore.com> > Steve, > Your thinking is flawed. May I suggest some classes in economics? The IBM PC become such a succes mostly because it was very open. Hardware and software. Where is the economics flaw? > Steve Richter wrote: > > From: Leif Svalgaard <leif@leif.org> > > >I can imagine a world (not to come to pass though) where > > >IBM or a BP or a customer would propose a change, maybe > > >even produce some code. The change and the code would > > >be reviewed by the community, the bugs would be flushed > > >out, improvements would be suggested, etc, and the platform > > >would move forward as IBM takes advantage of the talent > > >and requirements of the community. > > > > Open source on the iseries also has to be open hardware specs. > > As much as what is good in the iseries is the result of it being a closed > > system, we have to face facts. To compete in the years to come, roch needs a > > lot of help to bring innovative enhancements to the system. > > > > A painless way to start toward open source that does not hurt ibm's cfint > > cash cow: Open source the pre rls 4 hardware and software.
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