IBM to Open Source 50 Projects

You're correct, it's been open-source for quite some time. I can also second your assertion that its worth checking out - I would say its a more accessible flow-based programming tool than noflo.js, which I found to have a more complicated toolchain and less helpful documentation than node-RED.

It does look quite interesting!

http://nodered.org/

https://github.com/node-red/node-red

I was particularly surprised/impressed that 82% of the code is Javascript.

Node-RED is very impressive once you get the hang of it. You can do some very cool stuff entirely within Node-RED.

Here is an HTTP chat server done entirely in Node-RED:

http://flows.nodered.org/flow/62ae8ebebf117979bbc9

I think it has great potential as a learning tool to get kids interested in programming.

I doubt they will open source AIX. I don't think they will see the benefits. Instead, open sourcing 50 odd projects that they don't really care about anymore or if there is a clear incentive to do so (such as community adoption to further the project) - makes more sense.

Even AIX on x86 was abandoned after a beta run many years ago. AIX and PPC are hand in hand and remain what they always were.

So would OS/2, but we all know that isn't going to happen.

Which project that IBM open sourced did you ever used? None.

I agree with the sentiment even if the practical doesn't mean much. I'd like to see more companies open source abandonware.