[Golden Eagle]

Maybe someone from the "open source ping list" can explain how this helps America and Americans? This IS your mechanism working as good as you could possibly hope, correct?

[TChris]

Maybe someone from the "open source ping list" can explain how this helps America and Americans? This IS your mechanism working as good as you could possibly hope, correct?

You misunderstand. It's not IBM's job to help America and Americans. IBM's job is to help IBM. I suspect this move will help IBM in many ways. They'll get all kinds of training and consulting work from this.

Perhaps the more pertinent question is: How does this harm America and Americans? G.E., can you tell us?

[rzeznikj at stout]

OK. What if IBM sold these components to a Russian firm for a tidy fee? How would such a transaction magically become acceptable solely by selling the code rather than releasing it as open-source?

Would it make a lickin' difference? Absolutely not--that is, except in your eyes.

Would there be any direct harm to the American economy? Probably not--and if there's any harm, lay it down on the table right here.

[sitetest]

Dear Golden Eagle,

I don't recall asking to be on any ping list maintained by you.

Could you remove me from whatever list you're using?

Thanks!


sitetest

[MikefromOhio]

you know better than to ping me here Golden DoDo

But anyway, I suppose that if IBM made the Russians pay for the code, you wouldn't have a problem would you?

Oh well, at least Bill Gates is cooperating with the ChiComs right?