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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 ..... > http://www.trilosoft.com - (415) 457-3431 - (415) 258-1658fax - > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > >
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