>> There must've been an (or several) IBM "Big Iron" users groups at
>> one point. Didn't they have a library of public-domain software they
>> shared?
>Yes... IIRC, wasn't it called S.H.A.R.E.?
Yes, SHARE still exists, but its online archives only extend back to 1997
and you have to fork over $250.00 and have an IBM mainframe and be
approved by their membership committee just to view the archives.
See
http://www.share.org/ for more information...
It's also unfortunate that SHARE's bylaws prohibit anyone other than SHARE
from distributing their collected software. I was
looking for public-domain OS/360 stuff, but maybe William's right: It just
doesn't exist, and if it does exist, they don't want you to find it!
Tim.
Received on Thu Jun 29 2000 - 08:06:34 BST