> For example, suppose we ask IBM to release the MCA bus as free
> intellectual property as their part of the deal. Or the source code
> for Deep Blue plus the ASIC layouts for the custom chips.
My howling about e.g. MCA was not to suggest a deal. It was to suggest
to IBM that they unilaterally contribute something to open technology,
just like the rest of us. Linus et. al. can't get involved in a bunch of
quid pro quo with the kernel without disastrous effect on the kernel,
seems to me. Linus, GNU, AlanTedAndreas<your name here>... etc. are
the *providers* here. That would be what bothers me if I was IBM.
BTW, y'all, thanks for GNU/Linux. IBM, thanks for nothing.
Rick Hohensee
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