The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to alt.folklore.computers,bit.listserv.ibm-main as well.
ACP, One of the Oldest Open Source Apps http://slashdot.org/story/09/08/21/1121202/ACP-One-of-the-Oldest-Open-Source-Apps from above: "The Airline Control Program (ACP), introduced by IBM around 1967, predated the term 'open source' by decades. ... snip ... An Abbreviated History of ACP, One of the Oldest Open Source Applications http://www.itworld.com/print/75218 above doesn't mention the lack of SMP support during 3081 period ... when (initially) all machines were going to be multiprocessor: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009l.html#55 some recent posts mentioning 23jun69 unbundling announcement (starting to charge for application software, SE services, other stuff ... however, the case was made to still provide kernel software for free): http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/submain.html#unbundle some recent posts http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009f.html#0 How did the monitor work under TOPS? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009f.html#18 System/360 Announcement (7Apr64) http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009h.html#68 My Vintage Dream PC http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009i.html#26 Why are z/OS people reluctant to use z/OS UNIX? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009i.html#37 Why are z/OS people reluctant to use z/OS UNIX? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009i.html#45 dynamic allocation http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009j.html#18 Another one bites the dust http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009j.html#68 DCSS addenda http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009k.html#71 Hercules Question http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009l.html#1 Poll results: your favorite IBM tool was IBM-issued laptops http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009l.html#22 another item related to ASCII vs. EBCDIC distraction of future system effort and allowing 370 product pipeline is associated with letting clone processor getting foothold in the market http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/submain.html#futuresys which possibly contributed to decision to start to charge for kernel software. after future system was killed & in the mad rush to get stuff back into the 370 product pipeline ... some of the software I had been doing all during the future system period was selected for release. One of the pieces, dynamic adaptive resource management got selected to be guinea pig for kernel software charging ... being packaged as separate kernel component ... some past posts http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#fairshare over the next several years ... more and more kernel components switch to be charge for ... until all kernel was priced ... eliminating have component packaging issues of charged & not charged. -- 40+yrs virtualization experience (since Jan68), online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
