> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tony Harminc
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> My wild guess is that if zcobol looks like a real threat, IBM will
> just buy it. And maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing from its
> developer's point of view...
But zcobol is touted as "open source". If it is "licensed" in the way
Linux is "licensed", then IBM couldn't buy it any more than they can buy
Linux.
-jc-
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