Digging a Little Deeper into TurboHercules/IBM – OpenMainframe.org and Microsoft

“When IBM said that TurboHercules was a member of organizations
Microsoft is a member of, it was particularly talking about
OpenMainframe.org. It’s an organization that seems dedicated to
attacking IBM’s mainframe business. It describes its purpose like
this:

“OpenMainframe.org is a forum for exchanging news, views and
information related to creating an open market for IBM-compatible
mainframe solutions….In the interest of helping mainframe
customers, we believe the public should be made aware of how
IBM’s actions harm consumers who rely on mainframe systems
and services.

“So it’s an anti-IBM organization. You’ll see they are currently
highlighting TurboHercules. Their news archive on their home page
is all about TurboHercules, but it doesn’t include Groklaw’s
coverage. Neither does TurboHercules. I find that a telling
omission, frankly. If you only include positive articles from your
own viewpoint, it’s more like Microsoft’s “Get the Facts” web page,
pushing a point of view by telling only part of the story, and in
that case not always so fairly. That could be more than a
coincidence, since IBM says Microsoft is the force behind
OpenMainframe.org, as I’ll show you.

“However, OpenMainframe.org has on its website a number of legal
documents that you may find helpful in digging a little deeper into
the TurboHercules-IBM conflict.”

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