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Offline iago

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IBM Going more opensource
« on: January 12, 2005, 09:40:01 am »
I know that IBM already produces a lot of opensource code (some students I go to school with worked on opensource IBM code for one of their workterms) -- but they're releasing a couple hundred of their patents to Open Source, which is pretty cool:
http://business.bostonherald.com/technologyNews/view.bg?articleid=63073

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Re: IBM Going more opensource
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2005, 10:25:21 am »
That's great, expect IBM applications to be improved and overall distribute better as a whole.
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Re: IBM Going more opensource
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2005, 08:40:51 pm »
Woot :)

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Re: IBM Going more opensource
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2005, 11:13:48 pm »
Yes, I'm very pleased to see this. I also know that MACos 10x+ runs an open source unix core. One more step up for the freedom fighters!
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