Re: IBM proposes EGL go open source -- WEB400

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One thing I have noticed about my own practices in paying for support when
it is optional is that I don't usually pay for support concerning
development software, but I WILL pay for support when it involves runtime
software. Why? Because I can afford to be down for awhile concerning my
development tools and can take the time to ask a question on a forum where
as I don't have the same luxury with production/runtime software.

Just an observation...

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Hans Boldt <hans@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 07/02/2010 01:21 PM, Jon Paris wrote:

But the mainframers are already buying EGL - for a hefty price if I
recall correctly - so IBM are not going to give that capability away if
for no other reason than it would annoy the hell out of those who have
paid big $ for it.

Jon: "Open Source" can mean a lot of different things. Many of the
common open source licenses do not preclude charging money for the
software. At the very least, the hefty price may mean robust support,
something that's important to a lot of mainframe customers.

Cheers! Hans

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