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thomas@inorbit.com wrote: >What has my interest in this is the difference between "open systems" and >"open source". The distinction seems to have blurred significantly recently. >I'm not clear if any difference remains. > Well, it probably makes a difference to you and I when we are out shopping and know whether we are looking for a system that used independent standards or looking for software products with the source available to us. But in the case of corporate posturing and promotion, I don't think it matters at all. Companies play whatever tune the industry rags will echo. >I can't tell if journalists are reporting one phrase in place of another nor >if speakers are meaning one but saying the other. > I would consider that both are possible, but I'd figure usually corporate execs are working from written materials and would have a better chance of being accurate. >For specific example, I've seen 'grid computing' defined in terms of "open >systems" and "open protocols"; but I've also seen it written about in the same >sentences as "open source" as if "open source" was a requirement without >stating what components were required to be "open source". > > > >Tom Liotta > -- Chris Rehm javadisciple@earthlink.net Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 1 John 4:7
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