[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[P. Sture]

In article <+klqzn95w7HU at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
 koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) wrote:

> 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!

That was a source of frustration when I was seriously looking at NT.  
Various folks were coming out with stuff I couldn't find in any 
documentation and I was wondering where on earth they got it.

-- 
Paul Sture