Antivirus

[Steve Lamb]

Brian Beattie wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 16:44 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
>> It's still in use in places today.  With IBM's backing of Linux I
>> wonder why they don't pull a Sun with OS/2 and open source it.

> Because it has MS code in it.  Originally MS and IBM were collaborating
> on OS/2, it was going to be the follow on to Windows, then MS decided it
> wanted complete control and developed WINT.

     I am aware of that.  Which is why I said...

 >> With IBM's backing of Linux I wonder why they don't pull a Sun with OS/2
 >> and open source it.

     ...specifically the reference to Sun.  Might the fact that Java, too, has 
non-Sun proprietary code they have to purge before it being completely Open 
Source be why it isn't quite yet completely Open Source?  And that being a 
model for IBM to follow in regards to OS/2's non-IBM code?  ;)