Re: net.views -- which vendor is the most open?

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From: Bob Taylor
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 21:03

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Trip Martin (night@acm.rpi.edu) wrote:
: In <1992Sep9.191159.29861@cc.ic.ac.uk> vulture@carrion.cc.ic.ac.uk (Thomas Sippel - Dau) writes:
: 
: >In article <1992Sep06.033204.4890@utoday.com>, wagner@utoday.com (Mitch Wagner) writes:
: > -- 
: > --        Which computer and/or operating-vendor has the greatest
: > --        commitment to open systems? Which has the least? Why?
: > -- 
: >Clearly, IBM. it is still the greatest computer vendor by a factor of five or 
: >so, and it tells us it is totally commited to open systems.
: 
: Greatest?  I hardly think so.  Largest, certainly.  Incidentally, isn't
: IBM the company one of whose executives was quoted as saying "You don't
: want to get locked into open systems."?

Actually, IBM has always struck me as being the least interested in
open systems - traditionally, most of IBM's systems were "anti-open" -
you had to buy the hardware, sw, support, etc. all from IBM.  The
FTC and competition has forced them to be open, but for the most 
part they seem to be open only when forced to be.  Many other companies
have been using "open systems" as a major strategy for years, while
IBM is relatively new at the game.  Whether Microsoft is any more
open is open for debate, but IBM certainly isn't.

: -- 
: Trip Martin
: night@acm.rpi.edu
: --
: Trip Martin
: night@acm.rpi.edu

Bob Taylor
HP Vancouver

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