> Open was tossed about for any non-mainframe architecture Not my experience. I have always understood the popular usage to be as a synonym for 'nix -- sometimes in specific CONTRAST to Windows.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J O Skip Robinson Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 9:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Term "Open Systems" (as Sometimes Currently Used) is Dead -- Who's with Me? Years ago I was disabused of the notion that Open meant 'open' by the normal English definition. There was some problem with an application. I suggested moving it to different hardware. They scoffed at my naiveté. The application would not run on any other hardware. That was Windows, not Unix, but at the time Open was tossed about for any non-mainframe architecture. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
