-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Mainframe vs. "Server" (Was Just another example of mainframe costs.)
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:10:11 -0600, Bill Seubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My pet peeve is the tendancy of some of the unwashed masses to refer to >Wintel and/or *IX systems as "open systems" versus "mainframes." And Windows is certainly not open. <snip> Windows are open, M/S implementation of Windows is not [Don't go there, M/S is still trying to perfect the TM on the generic name of Windows.] Later, Steve Thompson My comments are MY opinion and may or probably do not reflect the opinion of my employer or the US Government, among others. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
