{"id":291,"date":"2005-07-18T13:16:10","date_gmt":"2005-07-18T20:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp\/?p=291"},"modified":"2005-07-18T13:16:10","modified_gmt":"2005-07-18T20:16:10","slug":"is-ibm-going-to-open-source-os2-or-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/is-ibm-going-to-open-source-os2-or-what\/","title":{"rendered":"Is IBM going to open source OS\/2 or what?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a feeling that licensing issues for third party components would kill such an idea, but i am surprised I haven’t seen more calls to action in that regard. <\/P>

There is a ton of capability in OS\/2, which anyone building operating systems is likely to find useful. IBM may have promised a few open source OS patent protections, but handing over OS\/2 to the world would be far more useful in driving OS development.<\/P>

I realize that IBM has done well out of maintenance fees, supporting customers long after OS\/2 was “dead”. I also realize that it now wants to manage an orderly transition to Linux for OS\/2 (banking) and 4690 (retail), and that open sourcing OS\/2 might hamper migration offers. “oh no the community will support it…”<\/P>

With Longhorn coming down the pike, its time for IBM to get serious about open source OS design.<\/P>

It seems the OS\/2 community is calling for OSS\/2<\/A> with a petition. [via Stacey Cowley at IDG<\/A>].<\/P>

I have recently been calling open source “instant escrow” – come on IBM, give it up.<\/P>

You have aknowledged that the world isn’t going to be one great portal jamboree, through your Workplace strategy. So why not drive some client OS innovation? I bet Lenovo might even help with such a project.<\/P>

IBM you need to get with the program. Start thinking of the Long Tail of software development<\/A>. That’s where OS\/2 fits, but you need to empower communities to populate niches and find use cases and reuse opportunities.<\/P>

If anyone should understand Long Tail IT economics its IBM. Nobody else supports so many weird environments. Why not enlist communities to help?<\/P>

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