Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ 7 on Saturday 08 December 2007 21:07 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Should IBM's OS/2 Be Open-Sourced?
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | A group of die-hard OS/2 users are petitioning IBM?again?to release the
>>> | operating system's source code as open-source. The question may not be
>>> | whether IBM wants to do so... but if it can. Not, I expect, that IBM
>>> | will actually say this out loud.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://advice.cio.com/esther_schindler/should_ibms_os_2_be_open_sourced
>>
>>
>> Open sourcing OS/2 under GPL will probably kill micoshaft in one fell swoop.
>> There is no monetary benefit for IBM to hang on to that source code.
>
> There are plenty of good components to be reused, surely. Just watch how IBM
> got itself an office suite within a short period of time (OOo -> Symphony).
> They now have plenty of engineers working further on the beta.
>
It would be interesting to at least see any parts which IBM have the
rights to, however, I suspect that Microsoft also have rights to it...
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