> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bill Seubert
>
> On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 10:26:44 -0800, Charles Mills
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Pet peeve. Saying mainframes versus servers is like saying
> Fords versus
> >cars. A mainframe typically IS a server (often among other roles).
>
> 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." Seems they are ignorant of the support
> of the myriad of open standards that the mainframe provides.
> When it makes sense, I attempt to correct them, but it often
> is just a waste of breath...
Indeed. Windows is about as "open" as the former Soviet Union.
-jc-
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