> Umm disputable. Probably correct. Would't the first truly "open systems" date back a decade earlier? SHARE, GUIDE, CUBE(Burroughs), DECUS, many academic institutions etc. pioneering the community process that .orgs like GNU, kernel.org, et al play now.
FYI - "360 Revolution - A 40th anniversary celebration and inside look at the $5 billion bet that changed computing and business forever." With Erich Bloch, Fred Brooks, Bob Evans and Nick Donofrio on April 7th at Computer History Museum in Mountain View California. Details at http://www.computerhistory.org/ibms360_04072004/. Lee Courtney > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Alan Cox > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Second Wind for Big Iron > > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
