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Applications / Re: Is GenMAC Open Source?
« on: 2010.02.09, 19:50:29 »
Yes I talked to Martin on Skype. I will put it like this. Getting everything on eCS open source (to replace for example the PMSHELL or OS2KRNL) is something that will not happen anytime soon.
We as Mensys would love to have source code since fixing things would be a lot easier, but thats not going to happen.
What is possible it replace components like what has happened with Samba to run next to IBM peer client.
We have human resources to develop drivers and applications. But such a large scale project as rewriting the IBM DDK is not on our priority. For the simple reason a lot of device drivers need to written/updated. And lot of these needs we are addressing.
To find human resources to rewrite the DDK, there not there. If anybody wants to volenteer let me know.
This would be one of the big steps so Mensys could fully open source stuff like ACPI and other drivers we have.
Because of lot of stuff depends on the DDK.
For the next 5 to 10 years we except that x86 CPU support will remain in the CPU. That long we can keep OS/2 running natively (eComStation) and there are lot of options. After that we can use a mini kind of hardware layer with a virtual machine. If there is not an option.
Roderick Klein
Mensys
We as Mensys would love to have source code since fixing things would be a lot easier, but thats not going to happen.
What is possible it replace components like what has happened with Samba to run next to IBM peer client.
We have human resources to develop drivers and applications. But such a large scale project as rewriting the IBM DDK is not on our priority. For the simple reason a lot of device drivers need to written/updated. And lot of these needs we are addressing.
To find human resources to rewrite the DDK, there not there. If anybody wants to volenteer let me know.
This would be one of the big steps so Mensys could fully open source stuff like ACPI and other drivers we have.
Because of lot of stuff depends on the DDK.
For the next 5 to 10 years we except that x86 CPU support will remain in the CPU. That long we can keep OS/2 running natively (eComStation) and there are lot of options. After that we can use a mini kind of hardware layer with a virtual machine. If there is not an option.
Roderick Klein
Mensys