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

[VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG]

In article <THs%m.3839$Gf3.3352 at newsfe22.iad>, "John Vottero" <JVottero at mvpsi.com> writes:
><VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote in message 
>news:00A96DAF.7B635EAD at SendSpamHere.ORG...
>> In article <CR6%m.10040$0U1.5380 at newsfe16.iad>, "John Vottero" 
>> <JVottero at mvpsi.com> writes:
>>>"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?
>>
>> If that's its definition, then WEENDOZE is very much unethical.
>>
>> I still fail to understand how people mistake ubiquity with openness.
>
>I agree!  Windows and OpenVMS are both proprietary operating systems which 
>is one of the attributes that makes them GOOD!

You mean, it's the attribute that makes one of them good.  WEENDOZE can
never be considered good; not even poor!  Crap is the proper adjective
to describe WEENDOZE.

-- 
VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker    VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG

  http://www.quirkfactory.com/popart/asskey/eqn2.png
  
  "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"