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Article #75088Re: "Open System" Redefined in OSI Specification
From: Jamie Mason
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 1990 06:17
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 1990 06:17
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In article <1990Nov19.200838.21965@Think.COM> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes: >It is somewhat unfortunate that they co-opted such a general-sounding term >and gave it such a limited (not to mention circular -- an open system is >one that supports open systems interconnection) definition. Please remember that GNU is also circular... :-) GNU ||| ||+-------+ |+----+ | | | | GNU's Not Unix ||| ||+-------+ |+----+ | | | | GNU's Not Unix ||| ||+-------+ |+----+ | | | | GNU's Not Unix ||| ||+-------+ |+----+ | | | | GNU's Not Unix Etc... Jamie ... The Network Daemon Written On Wednesday, November 21, 1990 at 01:15:18am EST
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,c0b93fb4f7d1c8eb X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-11-20 22:17:02 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!shelby!apple!usc!cs.utexas.edu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!jmason From: jmason@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Jamie Mason) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: "Open System" Redefined in OSI Specification Message-ID: <1990Nov21.061702.5297@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> Date: 21 Nov 90 06:17:02 GMT References: <9011190912.AA15667@wubios.wustl.edu> <1990Nov19.200838.21965@Think.COM> Distribution: gnu Organization: University of Toronto Computer Science Undergraduate Student Lines: 33 Posted: Wed Nov 21 07:17:02 1990