On May 3, 3:47 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber...@comcast.net>
wrote:
> It just struck me that DEC changed the name of VMS to "OpenVMS" around
> the time people began proclaiming the "death" of VMS. Sun recently, in
> the last year or two, started calling Solaris, "Open Solaris". Do you
> suppose it's just a coincidence that Solaris is now "dying" or "dead"?


Good point, but I think you may have the cause-effect relationship
backwards. When the company realizes that its product is being
perceived as too proprietary, it slaps the label "Open" to it:

- OpenVMS
- OpenSolaris
- OOXML

-Ramon

"Dime de que te jactas, y te dire de que careces"
("If you don't have it, flaunt it!")