[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 31-12-2009 14:22, John Vottero wrote:
> "Michael Kraemer" <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> wrote in message
> news:hhcfhb$6hu$00$1 at news.t-online.com...
>> Arne Vajhøj schrieb:
>>> MS is just another company trying to make as much money as possible.
>>
>> There are ethical and unethical ways to make money.
>> It is (almost) always M$ that forces proprietary
>> formats.
>
> Are you suggesting that is is unethical to create proprietary systems?
> Doesn't that make OpenVMS unethical?

VMS certainly has a lot of proprietary formats.

But somehow I think that the problem is not the proprietary
formats but instead the company behind them.

Arne