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

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----- 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