[Info-vax] An alternative history of computing

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-07-25, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> 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 ?
>>
>
> Gee, can we first define "open systems" ???
>
> Don't know about you limeys, (thought we were using a similar language) 

We've talked about that David. :-) We only gave you your language, we are
not responsible for what you did to it. :-)

> but I don't read anything above that makes any claims about good, bad, 
> indifferent, ...
>

It's Phillip. :-) VMS is far better than open source to him (although
while at the same time as saying that, he also wants someone to port
one of the open source browsers to VMS... :-))

> 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.
>

Exactly.

Simon.

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