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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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