-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gah Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 4:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: CRBE, CRJE, and WYLBUR
Someone wrote: > Back in the sixties American Management Systems sued IBM for > giving away free software, mainly CRBE, thus undercutting sales > of ROSCOE. AMS got a Pyrrhic victory, as IBM used this as an > excuse to start charging for software that otherwise would have > been free. Did they also sue NIH for distributing WYLBUR? <SNIP> No, OBS sued and lobbied Congress over NIH distributing WYLBUR freely while OBS/WYLBUR was being sold. The argument was that NIH (part of the USGov't) was competing with private industry. Regards, Steve Thompson -- All opinions expressed by me are my own and may not necessarily reflect those of my employer. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
