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

Steve,

I think that open sourcing i5/OS would be a disaster:

1) Even relatively self contained open source i5 projects have gained almost no traction. Only a few dedicated individuals (kudos to them!) participated.

2) OS development, which is so broad in scope and so integrated, would require a large team of collaborators spending a LOT of time, for ostensibly no compensation.


So while it sounds like a good idea, I don't think it will fly. Plus, what's in it for IBM??

-mark


At 5/12/09 07:22 AM, you wrote:

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:02 PM, M. Lazarus <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> James,
>
> See inline:
>
> At 5/11/09 11:38 AM, you wrote:
>>I guess I need to understand what you mean by "native". I don't think
>>something that only runs on Windows or only runs on Linux is a viable
>>solution these days. I would think that would be up to the developer what OS
>>to develop the GUI for.
>
> The client can theoretically be any platform. By "native" I mean
> that the languages and API's will directly support sending the
> commands and maybe even the content of the GUI. A simple approach
> could be some DDS extensions, accessible via an extension to the
> EXFMT keyword. But I don't want to get into the implementation
> now. I just believe that folks in the IBM labs have the smarts to
> implement this, if IBM chooses to allow it.

Mark,

Where is IBM labs located? I suspect it no longer exists. Only by
being open sourced will IBM i ( call it "open i" ) get the
improvements it needs like remote desktop, managed code and a native
web server. My boycott of anything IBM continues until mgmt does right
by its legacy customers.

-Steve