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From: wht@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US (Warren Tucker)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Open Systems -- Who coined the term?
Message-ID: <386@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US>
Date: 27 Mar 91 19:50:52 GMT
References: <1991Mar25.135520.29496@searchtech.com> <1802@eastman.UUCP>
Reply-To: wht@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US (Warren Tucker)
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In article <1802@eastman.UUCP> gerwitz@Kodak.com writes:
:In article <1991Mar25.135520.29496@searchtech.com>, davidr@searchtech.com (David Resnick) writes:
:|> 	I've got a friend who's trying to find the article in which the
:|> term "open systems" is invented and defined.  
:Would you believe maybe the infamous "Suits" i.e. Sales people ?? :-)

Yes, I would believe, and there's NOTHING OPEN ABOUT IT (OSF that is)!
 
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Warren Tucker, TuckerWare, Mountain Park, GA         wht@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US
"The computer can't tell you the emotional story.  It can give you the exact
mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows." -- Frank Zappa