RE: OS/400 on a Sun unix

[Rich Duzenbury <rduz-midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I would call your attention to part of my previous post that you may have
> missed, Rich:

No I read it.


> | -----Original Message-----
>
> | However,
> | the truths
> | you are expressing are /very *partial*/ truths...
> |
> | I say that because you're telling of the story leaves out most of the key
> | players in the saga.
> |
> | I would be curious as to your understanding of the roles of Eric
> | S. Raymond
> | (ESR http://armedndangerous.blogspot.com/) and Bruce Perens, for example,
> | and the man whose shoulders they stood on, Richard M. Stallman
> | (RMS).  This
> | story began WAY before Mr. Torvalds coded the first line, I'm
> | sure of that,
> | and continues on (I believe) largely on the work of Dr. Lawrence Lessig
> | (http://www.lessig.org/blog/) among many others.
>
>
> I'm partially wondering if James is of these kind-a assumptions, as that
> would tell a lot about where his view is coming from.  And, at the same
> time, wondering if anyone can add some information that might give me a
> different perspective of the Linux Movement, which is quite different than
> that which James expressed.

For what possible purpose?  What does this have to do with the original 
thread or even midrange systems (topic!) in general?

R