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IBM to Open Source 50 Projects
- kidde 11y agoAIX would be nice.
- sgt 11y agoI doubt they will open source AIX. I don't think they will see the benefits. Instead, open sourcing 50 odd projects that they don't really care about anymore or if there is a clear incentive to do so (such as community adoption to further the project) - makes more sense.
- sengork 11y agoEven AIX on x86 was abandoned after a beta run many years ago. AIX and PPC are hand in hand and remain what they always were.
- mindcrime 11y agoSo would OS/2, but we all know that isn't going to happen.
- eropple 11y agoAFAIK, IBM sold OS/2 a long time ago (it's now eComStation, owned by Serenity Systems).
- danieldk 11y agoDidn't they only license OS/2 to Serenity Systems? AFAIK the problem is that OS/2 still contains large portions of other corporations, such as Microsoft.
- mindcrime 11y agoThat's my understanding... they licensed OS/2 to Serenity, but IBM still technically owns it. But they can't open source it, since MS (and possibly others) own large parts of the copyright.
- kevinbowman 11y agoAt least one of these, Node-RED, I'm pretty sure has always been open source? It's excellent, by the way.
- chazu 11y agoYou're correct, it's been open-source for quite some time. I can also second your assertion that its worth checking out - I would say its a more accessible flow-based programming tool than noflo.js, which I found to have a more complicated toolchain and less helpful documentation than node-RED.
- da_chicken 11y agoSomething with less helpful documentation than an IBM product? I can't decide if I should be shocked or merely incredulous.
- jaytaylor 11y agoIt does look quite interesting! http://nodered.org/ http://nodered.org/ https://github.com/node-red/node-red https://github.com/node-red/node-red I was particularly surprised/impressed that 82% of the code is Javascript.
- compostor42 11y agoNode-RED is very impressive once you get the hang of it. You can do some very cool stuff entirely within Node-RED. Here is an HTTP chat server done entirely in Node-RED: http://flows.nodered.org/flow/62ae8ebebf117979bbc9 http://flows.nodered.org/flow/62ae8ebebf117979bbc9 I think it has great potential as a learning tool to get kids interested in programming.
- leonfhl-co 11y agoHope it will come the day when all the software is open source
- Aloha 11y agoI agree with the sentiment even if the practical doesn't mean much. I'd like to see more companies open source abandonware.
- joeevans1000 11y agoThis is the usual pattern of a big company open sourcing peripheral and dying projects to appear hip, or to hope for free work. Now, let's see if they open source an important greenfield project, then devote resources to the development of that project. Don't count on it.
- issaria 11y agoWhich project that IBM open sourced did you ever used? None.
- adamzubi 11y agohttp://googler700.blogspot.com/ http://googler700.blogspot.com/