Vax 4000-60

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Tue Nov 28 22:34:05 2000

From: healyzh_at_aracnet.com <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>

>> The open was added around the time of the compaq merger. the sales
and
>> other external peripheria started using OpenVMS to counter the idea
that
>> VMS was a sealed OS, anyone with internals training or a complete knew
>> that VMS was as open as could be had without giving the code away.
>> The idea had to be sold as really closed OSs were well known then
>> (early 90s) as IBM.
>
>Huh? The Open was added around the 6.0/6.1 timeframe. The Compaq
merger
>was during the 7.2eft timeframe. I'd thought the namechange was a
>combination of emphasising it's openess, but largly a reaction to the
fact
>they now had VMS running on both VAX and Alpha.
>
> Zane

No! The Alpha was a year after OpenVMS was started in references.
I was seeingit internally back in '91, the alpha was a bit later. The
OS itself was to change internal and external names much later.
The compaq merger was earlier than 7.2 {time flies when your having fun}.


Allison
Received on Tue Nov 28 2000 - 22:34:05 GMT