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

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From: Jay L. Davis
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 14:40

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In article <BuBx63.H64@vcd.hp.com> robertt@vcd.hp.com (Bob Taylor) writes:
>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
>

Actually, IBM seems to qualtify for both spots. Some parts of IBM are
committed to open systems and others are against it. That is the problem
with having a very large corporation.


---Jay Davis

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