[Info-vax] OT: Elephants Can't Dance

[Arne Vajhøj]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article <548cd0e9-8eb2-48d7-82b1-3be6d160540d at t7g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
> 	Christopher <nadiasvertex at gmail.com> writes:
>> On Mar 11, 8:53 am, billg... at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
>>> In article <49b71a37$0$90263$14726... at news.sunsite.dk>,
>>>         Arne Vajhøj <a... at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>>>
>>>> Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>>> In article <49b5d07b$0$90267$14726... at news.sunsite.dk>,
>>>>>        Arne Vajhøj <a... at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>>>>>>                                     - there are plenty
>>>>>> of open source operating systems out there,    
>>>>> Name one serious OS that is open source that is not just another flavor
>>>>> of Unix.
>>>> I can not think of any.
>> Define "serious" ?  I would call Syllable and ReactOS serious.  Haiku
>> also.  Young, but all still serious.
> 
> Equivalent in function and use to things like VMS, zOS, OS-2200.  Used
> for real work and not just something three guys play with in their mom's
> basement.  Mentioned in real IT trade rags (oops, that elimnates VMS :-).
> I can honestly say that I have never heard of any of the one's you
> mentioned.  A quick show of hands, how many people here had actually
> heard of any of these before this mention?

I had.

But I had also discarded them as being relevant in this discussion.

> And, then again, I could also mention all og the other non Open Source
> OSes that people think are dead but are actually still plugging along
> long after the demise of their parent companies without the need for
> being "open sourced".  How about RSX-11, RT-11, RSTS/E, Primos.  Those
> are just the one's I know of personally (due to past association with
> them and keeping in touch with peers from those old days).  I am sure
> there are plenty more.  Contrary to what Stallman would have you believe,
> Open Source is no the the universal answer.

It is extremely unlikely that we will end up 100% open source
software.

But it is very likely that the use of open source software will
continue to grow for the next 10 years.

Arne