CA> IBM jumped out of the Linux development a bit recently. They
CA> decided that since it's opensourced they can just take what
CA> Intel/HP can develop and sell that. Ugly indulgent attitude but
CA> it's legal.

RJT> From what I understand about this,  they declined to try and duplicate som
RJT> else's effort,  choosing instead cooperation rather than competition. In t
RJT> open-source model this can be a pretty common thing,  I guess.  Why do you
RJT> a problem with this because IBM does it?

 Is this so different from using .dll's and other
(bloated) modules?

 This is one of the main reasons, IMO, that Windows,
etc. is so wasteful. Don't build your own, use what's
already been built. Don't optimize, that'll just cost
you more money.

 I'd be ashamed (all the way to the bank).  ;^)

 TTYL.

 Robert

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