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RE: File reorgs while file is in use - new in V5R3

This is a known risk of doing business with IBM - they have the resources and can always pull the rug out. So, as an ISV, you hope to hit a window of opportunity, before IBM does what you are doing.

If you could prove that IBM reverse-engineered someone's product, you might have a case. A concept? Probably not, unless YOU have gone to the trouble to patent an idea, just as IBM has been doing for years.

JMHO
Vern

At 10:51 AM 7/9/2004, you wrote:
Isn't that what Microsoft does? If someone has a popular/useful product they either buy the company, write their own and give it away, or it appears in a future release of Windows.

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 10:39 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: File reorgs while file is in use - new in V5R3

this brings up another point:  what impact will this have on the utilities
guys and are they going to bring any legal issues to bear?

Seems like IBM's taking alot of 3rd party functionality and making it base
code in several platform arenas....



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