> Ah the fuzzy revisionism of corporation polished history.

Well the article was very much a simplication; not sure if would
call it revisionism.

> I'm glad its all come out well but some of us still remember
> the original Linux/370 work with IBM not helping, and also the
> 'war stories' from the inside of the IBM Linux on mainframe
> 'debate'.

We certainly gave credit to Linas Vepstas and the Bigfoot team at
SHARE. My presentation covers more of the background, and in the
interactive session lots more credit was given where it was very
justly deserved.

> Fortunately it seems the right side won  ;)

If it was not for Linux, I would be long retired from IBM by now
(if not "surplus"). For me that was the most important result of
the Linux on mainframe projects!

http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/jelliott/pdfs/s9050je.pdf

Jim

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