On 3/24/08, Howard Winter wrote: > On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:46:02 +0800, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > > I read some good things about OS/2 in PIClist. However if I > > read the above article, I can not believe that IBM is such > > an irresponsible company. > > I'm not sure which aspect you are referring to here: IBM > conceding the desktop war to MS (done by a new CEO as > his first act behind the desk, for some reason > nobody ever understood), or refusing to open-source it, > or failing to keep track of who owns what? I am referring to the fact that they do not know who owns what. I have no problems that they refuse to open source it since it takes a lot money and efforts to do so and may not make business sense for IBM anyway. As for they concede the desktop war to MS, I am not surprised. IBM now even did not produce x86 PCs and HDDs, two things they invented. And it makes perfect business sense to IBM. > My own attitude is that if they don't know who owns what, > then nobody can prove that IBM doesn't, so why not go ahead > on that basis? The article does have some points in proving IBM is quite messy with the OS/2 code base. Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist