> I think much of it has been thought through, except for the specific
> business issues that only IBM is aware of.   But those are simply business
> issues that can be dealt with if they *want* to.   The only roadblock is in
> the "it's the way we have always done it" mentality.

Which proves you either didn't read or didn't understand what I wrote.

> I also find it interesting that many mainframe people said for many years
> that there is no money in 'free' software.  Interesting that that is where
> much the money is being spent today... :-).

I don't know whether that's directed at me, IBM or some other party.

If it was directed at me, I might suggest you look up OS/360 in my Devil's IT 
Dictionary -
http://www.isham-research.com/dd.html - you might even look up Linux, too.

If it was directed at IBM - which company has put over $1 billion into its Linux 
effort?

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  Phil Payne
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