Re: IBM proposes EGL go open source

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

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