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RE: MS to publish source code of windows


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leif Svalgaard [mailto:leif@leif.org]
>
> From: Steve Richter <srichter@autocoder.com>
> > Opening the source code would breath a lot of life into our system.
>
> AFAIK, IBM does not develop OS/400 on the AS/400 but on
> RS/6000 or equivalent. So the whole "infrastructure"
> around the source of OS/400 must also be opened up.

And the build is done on MVS. IBM could open the source up today and 99% of us 
non-IBM developers would jump with joy - until we discovered how cost 
prohibitive it would be to actually work on the source. Would it still be 
interesting to *see* the source ? Yes, but for me it's like cake shops - I tend 
to avoid them if I haven't the cash to indulge.

--phil

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