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>  Msg  : 398 of 778
>  From : Adrian Gschwend                     2:5020/81.1     26 Feb 02  14:03:48
>  To   : All                                                 26 Feb 02  14:38:24
>  Subj : IBM OS/2 Open Source (was: Digest Number 9)
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> From: "Adrian Gschwend" <ktk@datacomm.ch>
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> On Sat, 23 Feb 2002 16:26:15 -0800 (PST), Michal Necasek wrote:
> 
> > I also do not believe that IBM cannot opensource IBM OS/2 or 
> >at least large parts of it. That just doesn't make sense. 
> >Of course I haven't seen the "divorce papers" signed by IBM 
> >and Microsoft, but I don't think those who say "IBM can't do 
> >it" have either. 
> >
> > I do know for a fact that one of the primary developers of 
> >OS/2 2.0 said something to the effect that "sure, IBM can 
> >do whatever they want to do with the sources, they're just 
> >too spineless". 
> 
> I can confirm that part, I had the email discussion with the OS/2 2.0
> lead developer and he clearly told that IBM could do whatever they want
> with most part of the code and if they didn't open source it they
> "don't know it or won't admit it".
> 
> Quote from original email contact I had:
> ---
> IBM can do what it wants with the src -- they just don't know it or won't
> admit it. You wouldn't believe the crap that WAS in the contracts. If
> it weren't for IBM, OS/2 could have been what it was planned to be -- MS
> was an awesome partner. Unfortunately MS has become today everything they
> correctly hated about IBM then and then some. Most of the original MS
> developers we worked with are long gone and retired.
> ---
> 
> That was some month ago.
> 
> BTW he is the author of the book "Design of OS/2" I recomended :-)
> 
> cu
> 
> Adrian
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Adrian Gschwend
> @ OS/2 Netlabs
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> ICQ: 22419590
> ktk@netlabs.org
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