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Re: open source the IBM i kernel. Was: Why i??? NEED YOUR INPUT

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Buck <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Let's perform a thought experiment.  I have an ERP package that runs my
business.  It runs on IBM i.  IBM _does_ open source i5/OS, the RPG
compiler, etc.  My 19 year old niece _does_ hack some new code into them
and releases the changes into the wild.

Tell me how to convince my boss to let me install the open i and open
RPG compiler.

One reason of course is the price. The open source version would be
low priced. What if the open source i had been ported to run on a PC?
Or the ILE parts had been hacked at to enable each service program
export to be web service accessible? The open source OS model works
for Linux. Why would it not work for IBM i?

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