Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 21:39:24 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com>, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> Subject: Re: Open_Source Message-ID: <20090603213924.3695c53b.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906032105410.24247@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <4ad871310906020843n3e7dc96ap28d5d622e844abf1@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906021757290.2065@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090603004914.73f40a60@gluon.draftnet> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906030848330.49751@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090603091800.GA1177@phenom.cordula.ws> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906031120260.50636@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090603102720.GB1349@phenom.cordula.ws> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906031310420.51077@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090603133343.GB1988@phenom.cordula.ws> <4ad871310906030653o62d7e708w1a7be44334ab8dab@mail.gmail.com> <20090603152939.GF1988@phenom.cordula.ws> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906031820220.52712@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090603185039.54cdd820.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906032028420.24071@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793EE90@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906032105410.24247@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 21:08:50 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > > Isn't there an "OpenVMS" somewhere? Is it true OSS? > > No. it's just product name, and is closed source. Yes. > They changed the name when IMHO it started to provide some api > that allow porting apps from other systems (like unix) easier. The "Open" indicates that it is conform to certain standards, like "it's open for interoperability" in terms of certain interfaces. -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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