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- Subject: Re: openVMS or UNIX.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.005104.8248@brt.deakin.edu.au>
- From: dougcc@brt.deakin.edu.au (Douglas Miller)
- Date: 23 Dec 92 00:51:04 EST
- References: <1992Dec16.084621.25138@unix.brighton.ac.uk> <16DEC199219130792@spades.aces.com>
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- In article <16DEC199219130792@spades.aces.com>, gavron@spades.aces.com
- (Ehud Gavron 602-570-2000 x. 2546) writes:
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- > #Are Open propriatry operating systems goin to become the future of computing?
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > In addition to doing research, you should do a definition
- > check. Open and proprietary are contradictory terms.
-
- Of course they are not. Virtually all "open" computing is also
- "proprietary". An "open system" is one that minimises vendor lock-in (to
- the extent that is appropriate to whoever is building the system).
- "Proprietary" basicaly covers any product you pay money for. There is no
- contradiction; virtually all "open systems" are built largely or
- exclusively from proprietary products, with vendor lock-in minimised by
- selecting products that conform to appropriate de-jure or de-facto
- standards.
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