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

[Richard B. Gilbert]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> 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.
> 

You are living in the past Brian!  W/XP is quite usable and I have been 
using it for several years now.  W/2K wasn't all that bad either.  I ran 
Windows 2.x so I know what "bad" *IS*!!