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To: J Mako who wrote (45518)11/16/2011 5:59:23 PM
From: Jurgis Bekepuris  Respond to of 78711
 
I would not make any conclusions based on Eclipse example. It was an open-source/free-software from the beginning ( en.wikipedia.org ) and it's hard to turn these into proprietary software without killing the market and its supporters. It wasn't even IBM project when it began. ;)

If you want to see how IBM manages commercial software, look at Rational or DB2 or Lotus Notes. :) No free giveaways there. ;)