davidr@searchtech.com (David Resnick) (03/25/91)
I've got a friend who's trying to find the article in which the
term "open systems" is invented and defined. He's writing a paper on
the history of UNIX. Anyone know who deserves the credit for this
term?
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4725 peachtree corners cir., suite 200 {uupsi,stiatl}!srchtec!davidrgerwitz@hpcore.Kodak.Com (Paul Gerwitz) (03/27/91)
In article <1991Mar25.135520.29496@searchtech.com>, davidr@searchtech.com (David Resnick) writes: |> |> I've got a friend who's trying to find the article in which the |> term "open systems" is invented and defined. He's writing a paper on |> the history of UNIX. Anyone know who deserves the credit for this |> term? |> David E. Resnick davidr@srchtec.uucp (registered) Would you believe maybe the infamous "Suits" i.e. Sales people ?? :-) -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Paul F Gerwitz WA2WPI | SMTP: gerwitz@kodak.com | | Eastman Kodak Co | UUCP: ..uunet!atexnet!kodak!eastman!gerwitz | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
decot@hpisod2.cup.hp.com (Dave Decot) (03/27/91)
> I've got a friend who's trying to find the article in which the > term "open systems" is invented and defined. He's writing a paper on > the history of UNIX. Anyone know who deserves the credit for this > term? _X/Open Portability Guide_ (now identified as Issue 1, one volume, published by Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V.; Amsterdam; in July, 1985) contains the earliest mention of this term I have been able to find. The fourth paragraph of Page 1.1 uses the term "Open Systems" in an introductory sense after vaguely defining it in the third paragraph: The objective shared by the members of the X/OPEN Group is to establish a Common Applications Environment to the mutual advantage of users, Independent Software Vendors and computer suppliers. Applications written to operate in this environment will be portable at the source code level to a wide range of machines, thereby releasing the user from dependence on a single supplier, reducing the necessary investment in applications, considerably increasing the market for independent software and opening up the market for systems suppliers. The existence of these "Open Systems" allows users to mix and match systems from different suppliers, and to move applications between machines to meet changing requirements as business grows, thereby giving protection of investment in applications software into the future. This text is replicated unchanged in all five volumes of _XPG_ Issue 2 (1987), but does not appear at all in _XPG_ Issue 3 (1989). Excerpt Copyright (c) 1985 The X/OPEN Group Members. This copyright is now owned by X/Open Company, Ltd. Small excerpt quoted without permission. Dave Decot, HP decot@hpda.hp.com
wht@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US (Warren Tucker) (03/28/91)
In article <1802@eastman.UUCP> gerwitz@Kodak.com writes: :In article <1991Mar25.135520.29496@searchtech.com>, davidr@searchtech.com (David Resnick) writes: :|> I've got a friend who's trying to find the article in which the :|> term "open systems" is invented and defined. :Would you believe maybe the infamous "Suits" i.e. Sales people ?? :-) Yes, I would believe, and there's NOTHING OPEN ABOUT IT (OSF that is)! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Tucker, TuckerWare, Mountain Park, GA wht@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US "The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows." -- Frank Zappa