From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 12:35:32 AM UTC+8, Dan Cross wrote:   
      
   > >I'm not solving every problem simultaneously.   
      
   > You don't appear to be solving any problems.   
      
   You're apparently one of those above people I mentioned   
   who are too stupid to see the problem.   
      
   And it is being solved.   
      
   There is now a public domain base to work from instead   
   of being tied to someone's virus license.   
      
   > >> So the premise, that "No-one [sic] is going to own something    
   > >> so fundamentally important as the operating system" seems both    
   > >> meaningless and untrue.    
   > >    
   > >If you don't see a meaning to it, I do.   
      
   > Well, have fun.   
      
   Sure. And you have fun too.   
      
   > >This is the serious work.   
      
   > No.   
      
   Um, yes. Building a solid foundation is important.   
   Instead of having the entire world of computers built   
   on sand.   
      
   Even the mainframe is built on sand. IBM can jack up   
   the price of z/OS 70-fold tomorrow (like was done with   
   some medicine some years back), and the entire world   
   has to just suck it up. There is literally no alternative.   
   z/PDOS is providing a backstop, so at least that much   
   is secure, but that's not a lot. But it's not zero like before   
   either.   
      
   > *Plonk*    
      
   Another person who can't stand the free marketplace of ideas.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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