RE: Re: slanted article "Inside System Storage -- by Tony Pearson"

Paul,

 

IBM crushed Funsoft.

 

IBM crushed PSI.

 

I'm just curious why you think IBM might willingly "accept and support"
Hercules at some point.

 

What exactly are you hoping that they will do? Enter into a patent
cross-license agreement? Disclose trade-secret documentation under NDA so
z/Architecture can be fully and correctly emulated? License z/OS and other
program products to run on it? PSI was willing to pay for all these things
on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, but IBM said no, not on any
terms. The courts will eventually decide whether they had a right to do
that. But I ask you again, what are you hoping that IBM will do for
Hercules? Provide all of the above for free, because Hercules is open source
and they are champions of open source?

 

I'm not trying to be argumentative. I'm just honestly bewildered by your
optimism.

 

Ron Hilton

 

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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Raulerson
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 11:26 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [hercules-advocacy] Re: slanted article "Inside System Storage --
by Tony Pearson"

 

  

Well, like I said, we just have to agree to disagree. I have a much more
libertarian take on the issue than you do. I do not think profits or making
money, or even becoming a billionaire is an "evil" thing. And I not ashamed
to say I am quite happy holding on to my very modest IBM shareholdings.
<shrug>

Nor do I think IBM is an "evil" company, though the closest to that I know
of is when an acquaintance of mine, Edwin Black, uncovered some pretty
interesting evidence that IBM sold equipment to Genrmany before WWII that
was used in some pretty unpleasant ways.

I do think rants about IBM like this will not lead to getting Hercules
accepted and supported by IBM, and I am far more concerned with that than
with righting wrongs, real or imaginary, done by IBM.

-Paul

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