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The "Open" was added to suggest harmony with POSIX, Motif/CDE and other standards. OpenVMS was a proprietary OS used on VAX and Alpha computers long before DEC
by projektfu 7y ago
The "Open" was added to suggest harmony with POSIX, Motif/CDE and other standards. OpenVMS was a proprietary OS used on VAX and Alpha computers long before DEC was bought by Compaq (and then HP) and the name was not suggesting open source the way OpenSolaris does.
- TallGuyShort 7y agoAnd this is usage is not unique to OpenVMS, btw - in mainframe circles, most more mainstream technologies are referred to as "open systems".
- mark-r 7y agoI was aware of VMS and its proprietary history long before they added Open to it. I'm still not sure how Open ties to those other things.
- icedchai 7y ago"Open standards"?