Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 17th Aug 2007 06:06 UTC, submitted by sharkscott
An interview with IBM's Vice President of Open Source and Standards about their Open Source Strategy, the recent pledge of its patents for more than 150 open software standards, his take on the ODF vs. XML issue, and much more in The LXer Interview of Bob Sutor.
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As informative as your post was, I still think it's somewhat hypocritical of IBM to criticise people like Sun who open sourced their OS, but won't do so with their own.
If they really wanted to open source AIX, they could. Sun had to go through a long legal process to establish their rights, even with third parties involved, and they managed to get it done. So that excuse doesn't hold with me.
Your arguments about its desirability as an OS are definitely convincing though, and reflect the comments I've heard over the years as well from AS/400 to newer systems.
Thanks for the post!