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I wish IBM would hijack rpg, ile and os400!

Steve Richter

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mike Shaw
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 3:59 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Did IBM Hijack Apache???? 


Folks,

Bob Cringly's weekly column was just posted on the pbs web site.  He
basically states that IBM hijacked Apache from Open Source.........

"It is possible to hijack an Open Source project since any Open Source
team will automatically bend itself around the party doing the most
work. What I find most interesting, however, is applying varying motives
to the hijacking. What if Microsoft, for example, suddenly started
devoting a lot of resources to Open Source development? They could throw
a team at all the key projects. But why would they do that? Well, IBM is
already doing it. IBM has hired most of the Apache team. IBM has some
major pull on what work gets done and does not get done. In some cases,
it is frustrating, and other cases not. However, everybody just accepts
it because IBM is paying the bills and people can do what they love. Is
there an official IBM party line at Apache? Absolutely not! It is just
that none of the Apache developers will talk negatively about IBM, even
those that do not work at IBM. So in this sense, it already appears that
Apache has been hijacked."

Full article URL: 
 
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030424.html

That a pretty bold statement!

Regards,

Mike Shaw





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