Reading the info I2O gives out about itself at
http://www.i2osig.org/QandA.html
it seems to me as if anyone can join the organization and start writing
their OS/ modifying their hardware, to work with the standard.
Anyone can join --- as long as they pay $5000, and sign an NDA which
says that you will never release the specs, OR source code. There's
another clause in the agreement which says that if the (heavily
Microsoft dominated) I2O sig kicks you out, or you withdraw, you are no
longer allowed to sell or distribute hardware or software that makes use
of the I2O design.
The above might sound like opinions. They are not. I am just trying to
understand this thread and figure out what is the threat so many on the
list seem to be concerned about.
Now do you get it? :-)
The rules of the I2O sig basically lock out free operating systems.
- Ted