Re: An interesting move on IBM's part

Or...you could have read about this several weeks ago in "The Four Hundred"
newsletter available at
http://www.midrangeserver.com/tfh/TFH-09-24-2001.html#3

or last week in Tech Republic at:

http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00520011029SOD01.htm&src=searc
h&_requestid=295191
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerome Draper" <jdraper@trilosoft.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: An interesting move on IBM's part


> I saw the article on Eclipse and I think it's good.  The article points
out
> that one purpose is to push open systems like Linux so as to undermine MS
> and Sun in IBM"S own predatory way.  Otherwise it notes that the Internet
> has become an OS like system that needs standards and that Eclipse is for
> that.  But what is GNU for?  How many places do we need for open systems
and
> source code?  Perhaps the more the merrier.
>
> Jerry
>
> Jerome Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
> Network and Connectivity Specialist -- Mac's, LAN's, PC's, Windows, Linux,
> Sun, and AS/400
> Representing Synapse, CLI, Nlynx, Perle, Lucent, 3Com and Others .....
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> jdraper@trilosoft.com
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris Rehm <javadisciple@earthlink.net>
> To: Midrange Non-Tech Discussion <midrange-nontech@midrange.com>; Midrange
> Tech Discussion <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 10:17 AM
> Subject: An interesting move on IBM's part
>
>
> >
> > This morning I read an interesting New York Time story about IBM
releasing
> > some of its software tools into the public domain. I haven't gone much
> > further yet, but it really did stir my interest.
> >
> > Will this give a new avenue of application development that could help
the
> > iSeries? Now, these tools are for Linux development, but the created
> > applications are intended for the Java world.
> >
> > Good or bad?
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/05/technology/05OPEN.html?todaysheadlines
> >
> >
> > --
> > Chris Rehm
> > javadisciple@earthlink.net
>
>
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