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

Amen Paul.

Let's face it; the proponents of open source "operating systems" are the
offspring of programmers who dabbled with UNIX at university and listened to
too many Grateful Dead records.

Having said that, an integrated GUI in the i would be very, very nice.



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Nelson
Sent: 12 May 2009 14:38
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: open source IBM i. was Re: From RGP to ¿Java ?

Sorry, but it's more profitable to me to write business application code.
CEO's and CFO's don't care about what the OS does. They want stuff to help
them manage their businesses better.

If your interests are at the OS level, perhaps you should talk to IBM about
going to work for them.

Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Richter
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:26 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: open source IBM i. was Re: From RGP to ¿Java ?

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Schmidt, Mihael
<Mihael.Schmidt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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.

I think it is a variation on the build it and they will come theme.
Open source the OS and people who like to write OS code will learn
about IBM i, be intrigued by it and start to work on the code. I
think the important thing is not to disallow people from making their
contributions closed source. Allow programmers to profit from their
work.

-Steve