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On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 10:28 PM, Gord Tomlin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
