On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:58:06 -0500, McKown, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ><snip> > > >And what about people who develop alternative software? If SDSF is free, >then what happens to EJES? If DB2 is free, then what happens to Oracle >and other RDMSes that run on z/OS? If RMM were free, then what about >CA-1? And so on down the line. > If the for-a-fee product is head and shoulders better than the free software, someone will buy it. And sometimes, like Windows versus Linux, having the stigma of supported is enough for people to pay for it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
