Re: Check this out. iSeries Access for Linux!!

If they are writing it in Java, why couldn't they do it on all platforms.
That is the point of their Eclipse platform.  Even if they write it in C,
they can still do it.

Don't go too hard on them.  It is first release.  It's a nice proof of
concept that they are going to support non Windows PCs.  Again, give them
time, it is apparently first release.  I am sure they want to test the
waters before they throw more development into it.  \
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Klement" <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 2:41 PM
Subject: RE: Check this out. iSeries Access for Linux!!


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> Even if they decided to support SuSE and Turbo, there are still dozens on
> Linux distros that they don't support.  Even if they made it work on every
> Linux, it still wouldn't work on the BSDs, Solaris, OS X, etc, etc.
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> I wish IBM would release these things as open source products!   Then,
> none of these compatibilty issues would be a problem.   What does it gain
> IBM to make their free software proprietary?   Why limit people if they're
> not going to make money on it anyway?
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> Or were they planning to charge for the Linux versions in the future?