Re: Open Source menu system

[James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Hans Boldt wrote:

> Winchester Terry wrote:
> >
> > But I wondered what your opinion would be regarding
> > the "open sourcing" of SEU and SDA.  Apparently, these
> > products are never going to be enhanced in the future.
> > It sure would be nice if the AS/400 (iSeries) community
> > could take these two programs and enhance them as they
> > see fit.   Good idea or bad idea - in your opinion?

Hans already responded to this.  I thought I would add what I think is a
better solution to SEU and SDA and their source status.  Why not store all
your source on an NFS exported tree and use an existing GPL'ed editor such
as emacs or other open source editors such as vim?  This approach allows
you to customize the editor to your needs.

> Unfortunately, of the few open source projects I've seen start up in the
> iSeries community, few (if any) are still active.

I don't think this is much different than all projects in general,
including closed source projects.  I imagine that the ratio of actively
developed software to all software in existence is quite small, regardless
of it's open nature.  The freedoms of open source are not gaurantees of
longevity or viability, but rather guarantees of freedom to the users to
act.

Fortunately, the iSeries-related open source software that I use is
actively maintained.  Thanks largely to Scott Klement.

James Rich

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