[Info-vax] An alternative history of computing

[chris]

On 07/26/21 02:15, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 7/25/2021 8:24 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2021-07-25, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)
>> <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> There are lies, damn lies, and open systems.
>>>
>>
>> If open systems are so bad, then why is so much of the technology
>> making its way into VMS ?
>>
>> Simon.
>>
>
> Gee, can we first define "open systems" ???
>
> Don't know about you limeys, (thought we were using a similar language)
> but I don't read anything above that makes any claims about good, bad,
> indifferent, ...
>
> As to why some things are being implemented on VMS, it's a connected
> world, for better or worse, and if one wishes to exist in such a world,
> they need to have the tools that support such connectivity.
>

As applied to software or operating systems, any product where all the
source code, design documentation and build information is available
without restriction for anyone to use, modify, spin off variations at
no substantial cost.

"Open"VMS never did qualify for that description, though there were some
signs of movement in the general direction...