Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!think!ames!umd5!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: `open systems': no one can agree... Message-ID: <11671@mimsy.UUCP> Date: 25 May 88 17:12:10 GMT References: <5412@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <3166@pdn.UUCP> <3c3fdf1b.4bee@apollo.uucp> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 8 I get the feeling that every single person who has posted an opinion about OSF has a different definition of an `open system'. So: Just what *is* an `open system'? What makes a system `open'? In any case, the obvious thing to do about OSF is to wait and see. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris