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

Who is Ice Cube?

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Schmidt, Mihael
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:07 AM
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Subject: AW: open source IBM i. was Re: From RGP to ¿Java ?

And what would YOU contribute to the "open i" project?

What would the community contribute to it? Most people programming on the
"i" cannot even use its simplest OS API let alone write some decent API
themselves or make an existing one better.

The i-community couldn't even work together on some simple open source
project. When it comes to open source on the "i" the community has a handful
of people who are actually doing something in the open source space. But
everybody else is waiting for IBM to do something.

That reminds me of a song text of Ice Cube - When I Get to Heaven:

[Ice Cube]:Damn, so you still out here waitin, huh?]
{Reverand}:Mmmhmmm
[So you don't mind if I go on 'n take this watch and the, car keys?]
{Nah, Jesus'll give me another one}
[Aight den, cool]

(Dog barks while he starts car and drives off)


But everybody knows that he won't give him a car and IBM won't give you your
native GUI. Be real. If you have faith in IBM. Let's be it so then. But
you'll end up with no car keys in your hands.

My 2 cents.

Mihael

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Steve Richter
Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. Mai 2009 14:34
An: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Betreff: Re: open source IBM i. was Re: From RGP to ¿Java ?

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I usually refrain from reacting to this kind of comment - but to suggest
that the IBM labs "...no longer exists..." is just ridiculous.
Especially to the people I will be seeing in the next 2 days at these
purportedly fictional labs!!!

what are they working on? How many programmers work there? Will we
soon be able to remote desktop to the i server, click on an icon to
run the program, which would pop up the green screen and/or display of
the spooled output?

It is good if IBM still has a labs. Much more could be done if the OS
was open sourced.