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- From: vulture@carrion.cc.ic.ac.uk (Thomas Sippel - Dau)
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- Subject: Re: net.views -- which vendor is the most open?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.191159.29861@cc.ic.ac.uk>
- Date: 9 Sep 92 18:11:58 GMT
- References: <1992Sep06.033204.4890@utoday.com>
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- In article <1992Sep06.033204.4890@utoday.com>, wagner@utoday.com (Mitch Wagner) writes:
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- -- Which computer and/or operating-vendor has the greatest
- -- commitment to open systems? Which has the least? Why?
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- Clearly, IBM. it is still the greatest computer vendor by a factor of five or
- so, and it tells us it is totally commited to open systems.
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- For the least commited, I'd try Wang, who have never wanted to know about open
- systems and are in liquidation anyway. Cant get much smaller than that
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- Thomas
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