Re: Offer to access IBM i (at version 7) to produce Open Source software and API examples

As I stated the discussed offer to Open Sources is cheaper than to pay

for the power consumtion, even if IBM gave you a machine for free.


Not that I want to get into a debate with you, but you are not being
factual. Or at least you aren't considering all scenarios.

Your previous statement that it costs $100+ per month for electricity is
just plain wrong for a small machine. My entire monthly electric bill is
$60-$80 per month for a house with 7 people in it. I figure BOTH my 520's
are using a total of $20/month MAX.

Running any serious Open Source project isn't free at all.

Non-IBM i open source projects can be done pretty much for free (or at least
perceived as free). For example, most already own a personal desktop
machine running Windows. Once you have that desktop machine you can develop
open source COMPLETELY for free with many different languages (this includes
hosting the open source project, which can be put on SourceForge.net). Note
I am not talking about providing a service like a web app, but instead
talking about being able to develop open source for free.

You have to realize that we aren't talking about huge open source projects -
we are talking about people just getting started.

The native structure of IBM i is so different from any other platform,

so without basic knowledge they wouldn't come very far and probably leave
the partition inactive when they saw the first 5250 screen.

Nothing a few tutorials couldn't solve. I started preparing tutorials to
introduce somebody to web development on IBM i for the first time, but then
stopped because I realized you couldn't really access a machine.

IMHO iDevCloud covers exatly what Aaron and others discussed ealier in this

forum where the pro and cons of a shared machine owned by a coorporative was
discussed

No, it doesn't. That's all I am going to say because you obviously didn't
read the whole thread.

Aaron Bartell
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