Re: From RGP to ¿Java? -- MIDRANGE-L

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James Perkins wrote:

I should do this but...

The IBM i will never be and should never be opened source. Can you really
name an enterprise OS that is open source? Unix, Windows, Solaris (not
OpenSolaris), none of these is open source. Even most enterprise
implementations of Linux are closed.

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?

I'm all for open source products/solutions, but I'm also okay with keeping
things closed.

I know you are only attempting to get a rise out of people with these kind
of statements, I guess this time you got me.

--
James R. Perkins

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 08:12, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

I am boycotting EGL until IBM i is open sourced. ;)
--

Steve has an interesting point. Although Microsoft's implementation of
.net is closed source, a substantial portion of it is defined by a ECMA
standards. An open-source implementation of those standards is
available. Look into the MONO project.

Cheers! Hans

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