[email protected] (Paul Gilmartin) writes: > Where I read: > ... For example, one thing I try to do is to have our IT infrastructure > employees trained > to code so that they can automate repetitive tasks. > > In contrast to the Enterprise mindset frequently apparent here: "We don't > want our general IT infrastructure employees coding." And even (though > less frequently lately): "How can I prevent my coders' using Unix System > Services?" > > OTOH a current thread in IBMVM: > https://listserv.uark.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1502&L=IBMVM&O=D&F=&S=&P=1987 > missing CUA 2001 package files... > > ... explores the legal, technical, and social hazards of garage tools > development.
IBM used FUD during the OCO-wars in the early 80s including the enormous risks of customers having source and allowing their programmers to change it. It was part of transition that included charging for operating system software. there was some study that the internal datacenters had enormous library of operating system changes ... and there was similar number of LOC in the waterloo "library" in the 23jun1969 unbundling announcement, that started to charge for (application) software, SE services, maintenance, etc ... the company managed to make the case that operating system software should still be free. some past posts http:///www.garlic.com/~lynn/submain.html#unbundle then during the Future System period in the first part of the 70s, internal politics was killing off 370 efforts (FS was completely different and going to completely replacing 370). The dearth of 370 products during the FS period is credited with giving 370 clone processor makers a market foothold. some past posts http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/submain.html#futuresys with the death of FS, there was a mad rush to get stuff into the 370 product pipelines ... which contributed to decision to release a bunch of (370) stuff that I had been doing all during the FS period (although I would periodically ridicule the FS activity which wasn't exactly career enhancing). Some of my stuff was then selected as guinea pig starting to charge for operating system softare (some claims part of the countermeasures to clone makers). -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
