billwg wrote:
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> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1395003.2S1imuyu0r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> IBM to Employ Open-Source Development Style for Tools
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>> | IBM plans to launch a new development scheme patterned after
>> | open-source initiatives for one of its upcoming commercial
>> offerings.
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>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1973135,00.asp
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> From the article:
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> "IBM will open-source a core portion of its upcoming "Jazz"
> collaboration platform and then build commercial software on top of
> that."
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> Now I'm not one to throw stones at open source, but it seems to me that
> this is exactly what the open source folk fear the most, i.e. someone
> takes an open-source initiative, say the "core portion of the upcoming
> "Jazz" collaboration platform" and then builds a proprietary commercial
> software product on top of it. IBM is getting the open source
> enthusiasts to work diligently to give IBM a leg up on things for free.
IBM has spent millions, if not billions, on open source projects. So what's
wrong if they try to make a few bucks off applications from the OSS tools
that they developed?
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Jerry McBride
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