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

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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
> 

I think that, for Brian, it's a matter of religious belief.  Heretics 
will be burned at the stake!