Re: open source IBM i. was Re: From RGP to ¿Java?

When have they improved their products? I missed it...

IBM i doesn't need to be open sourced. The high level of integration and
control over it that IBM has is part of what makes it such a rock solid
platform for running a business on.






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Steve Richter wrote:

Fact is you are always ranting on how great .NET is. Microsoft is even

more

"closed source" than IBM. So, do you want Windows to go open source too?

As long as the company supports and improves the product, there is no

grievance.

Do you think ms would have improved their products if it wasn't for the
Linux competition?

EGL is a good example of why any IBM product should be approached with
caution. Why couldn't whatever superior language features there are
in EGL be added to RPG and ILE? Some of the great features of ASP.NET
MVC are built on additions to the .NET framework and languages.

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