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From: Steve Richter <srichter@AutoCoder.com> > Also, I get the sense that the database on the 400, being the one component > on the software side that has been truely enhanced since the s/38 was > released, has a lot of optimized code, a lot of added and patched code. So > any more openness would probably uncover bugs and code that does not perform > as documented. So opening it up might take a lot of work, without much > gain. > Ah, but if the experience of open software is any guide: those bugs would be found and fixed by the community, not by IBM, so there would be no expense on part of IBM.
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