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

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,

Do you lock the doors to your house when you go out? How about your car
doors? Do you leave your Social Security card lying around? Would you trust
a heart surgeon who got his degree through Open Source University?

Those who tinker with code have a whole different mindset from those who own
a business.

Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Richter
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 11:14 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: 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?