On 2015-09-10 02:44, Timothy Sipples wrote:
> One of my pet peeves is that some people -- even a few "experts" --
in the
> IT industry persist in using the term "open system" to refer to
whatever is
> not a mainframe. I believe words ought to have meaning, including the
word
> "open."
The term, as it is most usually used to describe systems that conform to
open interfaces, is alive and well. Certainly, the term has also been
misused frequently by various vendors, and Microsoft is among the
offenders. Most of us are intelligent enough to see through the
misappropriation of the term and simply ignore it.
--
Regards, Gord Tomlin
Action Software International
(a division of Mazda Computer Corporation)
Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax: (905) 470-6507
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