[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[Bob Koehler]

In article <Fc2dnfSHw9YW-iDXnZ2dnUVZ_gydnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>
> Keeping bad code a secret in order to prevent hacking is, to say the 
> least, a poor way to do business.  Sun has made most of the Solaris 
> source code available for comment, criticism, and improvement.  The 
> stuff that's still not public belongs in whole or in part to third 
> parties and is used by Sun under license.

   Obviously Sun and Microsoft don't think the same!  Sun was one of the
   early proponents of "open sysytems".  Microsoft owns the most closed
   system in the business.  Nobody is allowed to see inside!