Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!uzi-9mm.fulcrum.bt.co.uk!beta.its.bt.co.uk!tjo From: tjo@its.bt.co.uk (Tim Oldham) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Sun != Open Archtecture Message-ID: Date: 16 Jan 91 17:10:18 GMT References: <5353@husc6.harvard.edu> Sender: isode@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Isode Hackers) Organization: BT Applied Systems, Birmingham, UK Lines: 20 In article <5353@husc6.harvard.edu> cleary@husc8.UUCP (Kenneth Cleary) writes: >The stated mission of OSF seems to be avoidance of monopolistic control over >crucial technologies (i.e. fear of AT&T). However, if you look at the >companies signing into OSF (IBM, DEC, etc.) you see the old masters of the >proprietary technology game, who enjoyed being able to lock customers in. Yes. And while the current licensing costs are relatively low, there's no guarantee what they will be in years to come. 1) Make it cheap in initial costs. 2) Make it difficult and expensive to get out and easy to stay in. 3) Push the prices up gradually, continually making it more harder and more expensive to get out. 4) while true do 3) done Tim. -- Tim Oldham, BT Applied Systems. tjo@its.bt.co.uk or ...uunet!ukc!its!tjo US Tourist: ``Say, is this college pre-war?'' Porter: ``Madam, this college is Pre-America.''