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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 01-01-2010 18:54, 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.

Windows is a pretty big OS with a lot of different features.

I am surprised that you find all of them crap.

Arne