Roger Bowler wrote:
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 16:04:52 -0600, Dave Kopischke wrote:
I don't believe IBM has an obligation to you or any of us to act responsibly
nor fairly in this matter. This is IBM's property and they are entitled to sell
it or allow access to it or give it away in any way they see fit.
> Dave, that may well be true from a strictly legal point of view. But
from a
moral point of view, I would contend (perhaps controversially) that IBM
*does* have a moral obligation to the rest of us with respect to z/OS and
the mainframe architectures.
I most certainly agree Roger. You can compete, or co-operate.
Competing means:
* You must lock everything up in patents etc
* You must have teams of lawyers to defend "your rights"
* You cannot have people "standing on the shoulders of those who went
before". In other words, progress is slowed.
etc etc
Cooperation means people work together to create something better.
Co-petition can be used to provide a number of different ideas. Edward
de Bono says:
“Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those
that focus on value creation will thrive.”
<http://www3.thinkexist.com/quotes/sent-by/bkjagadish/>
Edward de Bono quotes
<http://www3.thinkexist.com/quotes/edward_de_bono/> ((Francis Charles
Publius) Maltese
<http://www3.thinkexist.com/nationality/maltese_authors/> Psychologist
<http://www3.thinkexist.com/occupation/famous_psychologists/> and Writer
<http://www3.thinkexist.com/occupation/famous_writers/>, leading
authority in field of creative thinking. b.1933)
Clem
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