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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 02-01-2010 05:03, Michael Kraemer wrote:
> John Vottero schrieb:
>> Are you suggesting that is is unethical to create proprietary systems?
>> Doesn't that make OpenVMS unethical?
>
> I wouldn't care much whether an OS is proprietary or open source,
> as long as it is affordable and does the job.
> The annoying thing with M$, however, is that they flood
> the net (and IT in general) with proprietary,
> often undocumented formats, which forces people
> to buy Windoze PCs. And they do so with full intention.
> That's a drug dealer's attitude, IMHO.
> I'm not aware of other companies doing that to a similar extent.
> Take Adobe as a counter example, they don't
> force you to buy their products just to view
> PS or PDF. Both formats are well documented
> and thus several readers exist, on a lot of platforms.

And MS supply free readers for doc/xls/ppt as well.

And they have publicized their formats as well, so
other can implement them.

So the difference is ??

Arne