Guy Gardoit wrote:
IBM is probably working on an aquisition plan - everyone has their price - IBM just needs to complete the math.
It's entirely possible that some non-IBM entities have known for years how to redirect arbitrary third-party code to zAAP/zIIP. (Hacking the "secret" is not Rocket Science. ;-) ) But, nobody wanted to drop a "bomb" on the industry--until now.
If IBM allows NEON to proceed uncontested, or rumors begin to circle about a NEON or zPrime purchase by IBM, we could see numerous copies of the enabling code, from various sources, appear in the public domain. This thing could spiral out of control into a free-for-all of nihilistic, mutually-destructive "zAAPicide"! Wow! 8-)
Of course, at that point, everyone's software licensing terms and conditions will change. zAAP and zIIP execution will no longer be free.
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