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In article <7286@lib.tmc.edu>, jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
|> In article <BuCytz.1IG@world.std.com> geoff@world.std.com (Geoff Collyer) writes:
|> >The last open system I used actively was a VAX 750; 

|> there's a company building open systems by this definition: IBM. The 
|> System/3x0 hardware is documented completely There are even cloners who
|> work from nothing but those books.

Yeah, and third party suppliers of both DEC VAX and IBM equipment have faced
lawsuits from the original suppliers.  Normally because they were doing it better and cheaper.... hardly seems that open.

You could mention Sun with it's SPARC chipset, but wait - Sun has instructed 
its dealer network not to handle third party products which compete directly
with its product range.


"Open Systems" like "Mission Critical Apps" seems to be MIS Manager speak for
"Cover Your Arse Systems When Things Go Wrong".  Well it did say Mission
Critical Open Systems Application on the box !


David.