On Maw, 2004-03-23 at 09:02, Phil Payne wrote: > > http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_13/b3876068.htm > > Absolute twaddle. > > System/360 was the world's first open system.
Umm disputable. First major commercial open-ish system perhaps. But a thumb through the fun about cables and third party hardware and the little legal arguments seem to me to suggest it wasnt a grand "open system" launch from day one ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
