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> Computers had a 100% open platform from day 1. The first computers were operated by the British and US defence establishments. Could you explain in which way

> Computers had a 100% open platform from day 1. The first computers were operated by the British and US defence establishments. Could you explain in which way you feel ENIAC was "100% open platform"?

paxys 3y ago
People who owned and had access to ENIAC could load and run any software they wanted on it. They did not have to fight with an app store support agent for months over arbitrary rules only to get their software rejected. That's what open means.
- rodgerd 3y ago
  So you think "convincing the army that your software should be run" is open? The word is meaningless as you use it.
- eastbound 3y ago
  They certainly had to fight the librarian to install something on ENIAC.