On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 18:29:37 -0600, John McKown wrote:
>>
>> RFE: We want UNIX.
>
>Not as I was told. U.S. Government said, basically, you can only bid a
>POSIX compliant (and branded?) system for any I.T. purchase. To keep their
>business, IBM grafted OpenEdition (original name) onto MVS. As time goes
>on, it does get a bit better.
>
At that time that would have eliminated MacOS, Windows, Solaris, and Linux
(at least). I understand Microsoft threw its weight around and the gummint
said, "Close enough."
z/OS, MacOS, Solaris, ... now make the cut, some with separately priced options.
https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/
Note conspicuous omissions.
-- gil
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